Lean Leader - Global Functions, COO

Are you an experienced Lean Coach with a proven track record of driving sustainable results—strategic in thinking and tactical in execution?

Do you take pride in inspiring and empowering those around you to achieve exceptional outcomes?

Can you lead teams through uncertainty in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment?

Are you eager to lead an energetic team at the forefront of Lean transformation?

If you answered "yes" to all four, this could be your next exciting opportunity at APM Terminals!

We are seeking a Lean Leader to coach, and embed Lean principles, elements, and behaviors across all functions at APMT Headquarters. This role requires not only expertise in Lean tools but also experience in applying Lean thinking to back‑office environments, culture development, and problem‑solving.

At the heart of Lean is a continuous commitment to developing our people—leveraging collective intelligence and empowering employees and leaders to work smarter, not harder. By making incremental improvements in daily operations and taking bold strategic steps, we drive performance and create lasting value for both our company and our people.

You will be part of a dynamic and diverse team that values collaboration, innovation, and transformation. We come from different backgrounds but share the same passion for driving change in our industry and business. We support one another, work hard, and have fun along the way.

This role requires close collaboration with our Heads of Functions at HQ and may also involve supporting regional Business Centers. If you bring curiosity, integrity, and a collaborative leadership mindset, we’d love to hear from you!

• A dynamic position with good employment terms and attractive benefits.
• Exposure to multinational environment/culture.
• Be a part of Lean business system, that is a comprehensive program guiding and supporting the lean evolution of the company.
• Extensive options for learning & personal development.

The Hague, Netherlands

• Play a key role in deploying and improving the Lean Program by leading change and coaching and mentoring functional managers under COO leaderships and employees mainly in the headquarter office.
• Understand, practice and commit to driving a kaizen culture and mindset through a robust kaizen events program execution mainly targeting tangible and sustainable improvement of transactional processes and back‑office procedures.
• Building a stable Daily Management structure across all headquarter functions driving cross‑functional performance management on day‑to‑day basis and supporting the teams to establish a robust closed‑loop process around it.
• Promote Lean behaviors and extremely high quality A3 Problem Solving mindset, particularly among people leaders, developing business problem solvers across all functions and teams.
• Coach and train headquarter team on our Lean awareness programs and specific Lean tools.

• Lean Practical Knowledge of most common tools and processes, such as A3 Problem Solving, Kaizen, Daily Management & Visual Management, VSM, TPI, Standard Work/Standard Process, 5S, VOC, Value Selling, Hoshin Kanri.
• Solid operations background, ideally with hands‑on experience in terminal, logistics, manufacturing, or industrial environments, ensuring practical understanding of operational challenges and improvement opportunities.
• Experience in facilitating leaders and senior management teams and develop their participation and ownership to transformation projects and workshops.
• Experience with working across different cultures and with different functions.
• Skilled in facilitating senior leaders and driving ownership in transformation projects.
• Ability to exercise leadership without authority, change management.
• Be well respected throughout the organization and regarded as “someone people would like to learn from, listen to and work with”.
• Be self‑motivated and always strive for excellence and exceeding expectations.
• Lean and project management certifications from authoritative institutions will be a plus.

🌟 We’re excited to hear from you! #LI-MT2 #LI-POST

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