Facility Specialist

32/38 hours per week

Are you abele to influence senior stakeholders in an international complex organization? Can you translate strategic goals into smaller concrete actions? Combine your persuasiveness and experience to connect and become our new Facility Specialist and ensure that the primary facility process is well supported and enabled well. Curious? Then read on!
 

Your daily Action’s

In your role as Facility Specialist you are able to ensure that all Distribution Centre’s (DC’s) are fully equipped with the necessary housing equipment and maintenance services, such as sourcing of furniture, racking, waste management, energy management. You are the person to go to when questions or issues on facilities need to be resolved in all our European DC’s. The Facility Specialist keeps up to date with relevant developments and trends in facilities and actively shares knowledge within department and translates available data into management information, advising strategic decisionmakers. In addition, in support of the regional facility coordinators, you are actively involved in setting up (new) sustainable projects.

In this dynamic position you report directly to the Group Facility and Equipment Manager and provide insight into internal customer demand and translate this into an optimal Facility service level to enable and relieve the primary process;    
 

Meet your team

Group Facility and Equipment department within Action is concerned with the management and control of the facility support activities for the primary process of the DC’s, Hubs and the equipment support activities of the DC’s. The strategic management is organized at IHQ where we align the facility and equipment strategy with corporate strategies, perform facility and equipment projects and processes, make sure we comply with rules- and regulations, take care of strategic choices concerning safety and manage several European contracts.

Tactical facility management is organized as much as possible at regional level. We make sure that the local facility suppliers perform high quality of work, assist the local management with facility support and translate the local rules and regulations into our processes. The main part of our operational facility services is outsourced and managed by a facility service provider. Tactical and operational equipment management is organized as much as possible at DC level by the logistic specialists.
 

This is you

You are experienced in the world of facility or retail. You stand your ground and can work well independently. Furthermore you have:

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree (University of applied science), e.g. Facility Management, Logistic or Supply Chain management.
• Experience with responsibility for large facility budgets.
• At least 5 years’ experience, in hard facilities, with developing and managing multiple year maintenance plans.
• Clear understanding of contract- and supplier management.
• Excellent language skills in English at business level.
• Efficient and effective way of working, even under time pressure and able to deescalate situations while staying in control.
• Organization and structuring of projects and setting priorities.
• Skills in assessing the financial and operational consequences of quotations on facility services.
• Strong problem-solving skills and persuasiveness.

What we offer

Surprisingly more! From our bustling home base in the Netherlands, you’ll have an impact on the whole of Europe. The counter now stands at more than 2,500 stores in 12 countries and millions of smiles from our customers. And we have big growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different job, an interesting innovation project, new skills: as a professional you can develop without limits. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost conscious and respect.

Did you know that you can also count on us for:

• A market-based salary based on a 38-hour work week
• An annual bonus based on company  performance
• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
• A temporary contract with the intention of offering you a permanent contract in the long term
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action A good pension scheme, collective health insurance and travel expenses 
   

How we contribute to society

If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you join us. For example, we are working hard behind the scenes to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we sponsor more than 2,000 children worldwide who are growing up in an SOS Children’s Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 124 nationalities? That we already source 70% of our wood products and 86% of our cotton sustainably? And that only energy-efficient LED lighting is used in more than half of our stores? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? Join our team and find out for yourself.
 

Interested?

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who recognises themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!

What happens next:

1. Our recruiter will review your application and get back to you as soon as possible.
2. We invite you for a first job interview.
3. We would like to get to know you better, which is why we ask you to take an online assessment, when continuing to round two.
4. We will invite you for a second interview and we will discuss your assessment
5. Are will still a great match? Then we will become new colleagues!

Throughout the process, your recruiter is your permanent point of contact and is available to answer any questions you may have.