Maintenance Manager

As Maintenance Manager, you ensure that our stores across Europe remain fully operational and compliant with all relevant (legal) requirements. You will oversee and manage a substantial Opex and Capex budget and act as the main point of contact for our partners and internal maintenance colleagues. You continuously challenge both internal and external stakeholders to execute work in the most efficient and cost effective way.

Working closely with internal teams and external partners, you control budgets, timelines, and quality. You lead our maintenance team and ensure the correct contractual agreements with our external (technical) suppliers. With your technical expertise, you can accurately assess what is needed and evaluate whether proposed quotations are correct and complete.

Are you analytical and have technical knowhow, good in your communication, structured, and ready to make an impact in an international retail environment? Then this is your chance to help shape the future of Hunkemöller.

As a Maintenance Manager at Hunkemöller, you are responsible for managing both daily and large scale maintenance activities. You translate global Hunkemöller standards into high quality, sustainable, and cost efficient projects and solutions.

With more than 700 stores in your scope, no day will be the same.

You will work closely together with internal teams (Real Estate, Construction, Health & Safety, and your Maintenance colleagues) and with external partners (contractors, project managers, installers, and landlords) to ensure each store meets Hunkemöller’s quality and brand standards.

Terms such as Scope 10 or NEN are familiar to you.

You will support store handovers and the logistics of furniture during renovations.

• Lead and coordinate daily and long term maintenance and renovation projects for Hunkemöller stores across Europe.
• Manage the Maintenance teams across the BeNeFrux region, Spain, the Nordics, and DACH.
• Monitor planning, budgeting, and execution in line with Hunkemöller’s global strategy and guidelines.
• Direct external partners, ensuring safety, quality, and timely delivery.
• Negotiate, manage, and evaluate contracts with (technical) suppliers, like HVAC companies, maintenance, inspections, painting, etc., including tenders.
• Maintain close collaboration with local authorities and ensure compliance with regional regulations.
• Ensure stores remain technically operational — as expected by our customers.
• Contribute to Hunkemöller’s sustainability goals (energy efficiency, material reuse, sustainable solutions).
• Report progress, risks, and costs to key stakeholders.

• Bachelor or Vocational degree in Construction, Engineering, Facility Management, or a related field.
• 3 - 10 years of experience in maintenance, engineering, or facility management, preferably in a retail environment.
• Experience in international or multi-site environments.
• Knowledge of local building regulations and technical standards within the BeNeLux.

• Strong experience with budgeting, planning, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills — able to connect teams and drive results.
• Fluent in Dutch and English (German is a plus), both verbal and in writing.
• Understanding of construction and maintenance costs.
• Hands on, solution oriented, and enthusiastic about maintenance, sustainability, and retail.