People Development Manager

Is seeing other people thrive your core motivation and is the thought process in ‘Multipliers’ sliced cake for you? Would you like to progress your career in an Agile department that is taking serious steps to make our organization more data driven? Interested to hold a key role within our Central Data & Analytics Department and be part of its staff? If the answer to these questions is “yes”, then look no further than Vanderlande!

We’ll give you the opportunity to:

• Work in a highly motivated, global team of Data enthusiasts.
• Be co-responsible for the overall vision and delivery of the Analytical Products and Services the department provides to the Vanderlande organization.
• Be part of a team that plays a vital role in the further development of Vanderlande.

Your responsibilities

In the role of People Development Manager, you will be responsible for building and supporting our development teams. You will work closely together with local HR Advisors, Recruitment and Learning staff and drive our department’s expansion by raising staffing and competence needs, recruiting and fostering the right talent, and keeping our Developers happy and motivated.

You will act as a line manager for the Developers located in your region, supporting them in their personal development and coaching them on their performance. In summary, you will drive our success through influence, not through authority.

You will act as and work closely with our Scrum Masters, ensuring that the development teams can deliver efficiently. By establishing clear communication processes between teams and stakeholders, and promoting open and honest feedback, you create alignment on all sorts of topics. You will facilitate teamwide events such as the Sprint retrospective and PI week and, if needed, coach individuals and teams to facilitate adoption and improvement in agile methodologies and principles.

You facilitate collaboration and partnership across data-focused teams and stakeholders around topics like data literacy and traineeships. You are involved in marketing and communication efforts that promote the value of data and analytics. Understanding that for Vanderlande to become data driven, change management is crucial.

Your department

The Central Data & Analytics department provides Data Analytics products and services to the entire Vanderlande Organization, mainly internal customers. It is a franchise organization, meaning that we centrally set a standard, which is adopted and implemented by decentralized franchises within the business.

The core product we work on is the Vanderlande Data Platform, on which we provide Data Products for our customers to leverage. By transforming, processing, combining and enriching data available in source systems, we provide a valuable source of truth. To enable our customers to analyze and visualize the provided data, we maintain the Vanderlande Qlik Servers and Power BI capacity, while facilitating templates, a clear way of working and a community of experts.

We excel in fostering knowledge on the application of advanced analytics techniques and the underlying technology.

Our department functions as a scaled Agile organization with different development teams working off the same backlog to realize a shared roadmap. However, by focusing on certain parts of the Vanderlande business, we can effectively leverage business knowledge.

We work in close cooperation with other IT & Technology departments.

Your qualifications and skills

If you’re an experienced, enthusiastic and versatile People Development Manager with a strong background in Data & Analytics, you will bring:

• Master's degree in a technical field or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Agile certification, with familiarity with agile planning tools and deep expertise in agile methodologies, frameworks and practices.
• 3+ years of experience working in an agile delivery environment.
• 1+ years of experience working as an agile coach, scrum master, or a comparable role.
• 5+ years of experience working in Data & Analytics related roles.
• 3+ years of experience leading people.
• An open and clear way of communicating.
• The ability to motivate others and actively stimulate personal growth.
• Thoughtfulness, empathy and the ability to ensure everything gets done.

What we offer

In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company, you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300 per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• A great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Additional information

For this role, we do not have the possibility to offer work visa arrangement and relocation support. You must possess valid Dutch work authorisation document for this role.

Background screening

For this position it is possible that a background screening will be conducted. This screening can include checks such as verification of identity, qualifications or other relevant records, which may include criminal background or sanctions list checks, in accordance with internal policies and applicable laws. Any job offer may be extended under the condition that the screening does not give reason to reconsider the hiring decision.