Development Manager – Engineering R&D

You will be part of our DCE department where no two days are the same. We maintain and improve our current products and develop new solutions by working closely with engineering, supply chain and service, all driven by our customer needs. Our activities are based all over the world and each project is different. These projects improve the business of our external customers within the Robotics markets with our scalable products like conveyors, sorters, work cells and/or storage solutions. Every one of our talented R&D engineers are committed to solving the next challenge, and enhancing Vanderlande’s competitive position.

Responsibilities:-

As group Leader you manage a team with a multidisciplinary background, for example mechanical, electrical, PLC, system designers, integration etc. You will lead this group as line manager in which you facilitate their growth, agile way of working and product development related activities. In parallel, you will also steer towards and safeguard standardization, process adherence and process optimization. In this role, you will work closely together within a global management team to ensure the right people and competences are available for the right projects to be successful.

As an enthusiastic, result driven and natural team leader, you will:

• Be employee focused to nurture them so that they are equipped to be at their best and happiest
• Play a vital role in maintaining our vibrant people culture based on customer centricity, trust, feed forward, continuous learning and fun
• Act as people lead to create, facilitate, coach and motivate the people in their personal and job profession development opportunities
• Manage 20+ employees, including hiring and onboarding new team members, drive performance incl. appraisals and coordinate people operations
• Work together with product owners, scrum master’s and agile coaches in order to implement and improve the agile way of working within the department

Qualifications and Skills:-

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s Technical Degree with 18+ Years of Total Work Experience and have acquired at least 5 Years of relevant work experience and a great affinity to technology and people management
• Proven experience in hands on people operations and using excellent communication by leading (international) teams of technical specialists
• Within our dynamic project environment, you feel energized by connecting and motivating people to bring out the best in them
• You get shiny eyes as soon as you experience and talk about our products
• You are a smart self-starter with a flexible mindset and pro-active spirit
• You have a continuous improvement focus and attitude,
• You enjoy working in a R&D environment within a corporate company
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Certification or experience as PSM / CSM or PSPO / CSPO in a mechatronic development environment is a plus

Location:-

• Pune, Maharashtra.

Company Overview:-

Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.

Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. M

Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.