Integration Manager

Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems move 3.2 billion pieces of luggage around the world per year, in other words 8.8 million per day. Its systems are active in 600 airports including 17 of the world’s top 25. More than 20 million parcels (300 packages per second) are sorted by its systems every day. These have been installed for a variety of customers including the four largest parcel and postal companies in the world. In addition, 12 of Europe’s top 20 e-commerce companies and many distribution firms have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.

The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.

Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 4,000 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of more than one billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past six decades as a highly reliable partner for value-added automated material handling solutions.

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Global Commercial Baggage Handling System market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players including

Daifuku Group

Siemens AG

Vanderlande Industries

Beumer Group

G&S Airport Conveyor

Pteris Global Limited

Fives Group

Alstef

Job Description

Introduction

General merchandise, fashion and food retail companies need to be flexible in handling the levels of orders, fulfil online orders and store deliveries, and cope with a lack of available workforce. Such companies continuously improve their supply chains and invest in innovative technologies.

Vanderlande understands the complexities associated with operating a successful warehouse operation and delivers future proof logistic process automation. These automation systems are composed of many (electro-)mechanical and IT components, built by teams in various parts of the world and must be integrated with other (software) systems to support the processes of our customers.

Your position

The Integration Manager is part of the management of a Warehousing project. Working closely with a project manager and project leaders of the various hardware- and software engineering disciplines, he or she focusses on the design, integration and testing of the system with special

attention for managing the technical risks that are inherent to complex systems.

The key tasks and responsibilities of the integration manager:

• Manage the functional design to ensure customer requirements are translated into the right solution with the lowest possible risks. Advise on the use of standard solutions and the impact of special solutions
• Identify risks and finding solutions to reduce them
• Realize the system integration plan, test plans and test specifications in collaboration with Solution Architect and Integration engineer(s)
• Manage the test phase and ensure a smooth, seamless transition to our customers operational processes together with the Integration Engineer and other engineering disciplines
• Understand the customer processes and acting as advisor in correctly estimating the impact of changes
• Progress monitoring with clear, concise reporting
• Managing component deliveries by suppliers by means of verification and validation Integrating (sub-)systems in existing customer systems
• Make sure that the system after a careful testing phase is handed over according to specification by your colleagues and suppliers.

Your department

The System Integration department is part of the business unit Warehousing Solutions within Vanderlande Industries and is responsible for the system design, testing, and integration of complex Warehousing systems worldwide for example for customers like Albert Heijn, Woolworths

and Walmart. The integration of all components (mechanical, electronic, OT software, IT software and IT Hardware) into a working system according to specifications is especially challenging forlarge and complex warehouses. This is the focus area of the System Integration Management- team.

Your profile

• You have a technical or logistics education, at least Bachelor level
• Preferably you are familiar with customer processes in Warehouse Automation
• You are an experienced system integrator, and are familiar with systems engineering processes (requirement management, verification and and validation, change management and configuration management)
• You know how to build partnerships with customers and with internal and external suppliers
• You know how to find the right balance between quality, lead time and cost
• You have good communication skills in English (written and verbal)
• You’re willing to travel, for about 50% of your time working on-site in the project handover phase
• You reside in The Netherlands

After a period of secondment via Randstad Digital / Yacht, there is a possibility to step over to our client Vanderlande.