Supply Chain- Facility Specialist

Supply Chain- Facility Specialist

38 hours per week | Zwaagdijk-Oost | On-site (HQ)

Are you a Facility Specialist who enjoys combining hands on operational work with tactical responsibility? Do you thrive in a dynamic, international environment where you support logistics, offices, and operational teams to run safely, efficiently, and in full compliance?
Action is Europe’s fastest-growing non-food discounter, with more than 3,300 stores across 14 countries and over 80,000 employees. This rapid expansion requires strong Facility & Equipment Management to ensure our logistics network, offices, and hubs operate seamlessly — every day.

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This is your daily action

As a Facility Specialist, you make sure all Action distribution centres, hubs, and offices — are fully supported with the right facility services, maintenance, safety processes, and equipment.

You play a key role in enabling the primary logistics process by ensuring facilities never become a bottleneck for operations.

You will coordinate suppliers, oversee facility contracts, improve processes, support projects, and help execute the facility strategy. From waste management and installations to long-term maintenance planning and soft services, you make sure our sites operate safely, efficiently, and in line with legal and internal standards.

You will report directly to the Facility & Equipment Manager and be part of a team of 6 Facility specialists and experts within our Facilities Management Team.

Meet your team

• Facility & Equipment Management within Action is responsible for:
• Managing facility support for Action logistics.
• Ensuring building maintenance, installations, and equipment operate safely.
• Overseeing  all facility related matters such as, waste management, soft services, and sustainability initiatives....etc. 
• Managing European facility contracts in your domain and ensuring compliance.
• Supporting operational teams to focus on providing impeccable service level to Action stores.  
• Strategic facility decisions are made at IHQ, while implantation and support on regional level. Most operational work is outsourced — you manage, coordinate, and improve these suppliers.

You will manage external service providers and collaborate closely with the operational teams, procurements and internal support department.

This is you

You are a hands on, service minded facility expert who knows how to support a complex logistics environment. You communicate clearly, take ownership, and feel comfortable working with internal stakeholders and mange performance. You combine operational know how with tactical insight — always focused on enabling safe, efficient operations.

You bring:

• Strong stakeholder influence skills, including working with senior management and suppliers
• Solid project management capability and the ability to structure work and set priorities
• A proactive, solution oriented mindset with strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Clear communication skills (written & verbal) and the ability to de escalate under pressure
• A commercial, service focused approach with an account management mindset
• Ownership, professionalism, and responsiveness toward internal customers

In addition: 

• Academic/bachelor degree in Facility Management, Technical Management, or similar 
• 6+ years of relevant facility experience 
•  Demonstrable knowledge of hard and soft facility services 
• Experience in supplier & contract management experience (regie organization) 
• Experience with long-term maintenance planning (5+ years preferred) 
• Strong understanding of installations, building maintenance, and safety compliance 
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a strong advantage 
• Experience with OPEX budgets  and CAPEX  is a plus

What We Offer

Surprisingly much! From our international headquarters in the Netherlands you have an impact on what happens in our stores across Europe. We welcome more than 15 million customers every week in more than 3,000 stores in 14 European countries. We have great growth ambitions. For Action and for you. Because our growth means that you can always take new steps. A different position, an interesting innovation project, new skills: you can continue to develop as a professional. And all this in a culture where our shared values are truly lived: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost conscious and respect.

Did you know that you can also count on us for:

• A market-based salary based on a 38-hour work week
• An annual bonus based on company and personal performance
• 24 days of holiday and the option to buy 5 extra days (based on 38 hours per week)
• A temporary contract with the intention of offering you a permanent contract in the long term
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of working up to 40% from home, of course in coordination with your team and manager
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action 
• A good pension scheme and travel expenses allowance (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic jam-free and only 30 minutes by car from Amsterdam)

How we contribute to society

Action is committed to sustainable and responsible growth. We:

If you only know Action from the stores, a world will open up for you when you come and work with us. We work hard to make a positive impact on society and the environment. Did you know, for example, that we support thousands of children worldwide who grow up in an SOS Children's Village? That our team reflects the diversity of our customers, including 150 different nationalities? That we purchase 100% of our wood products and 100% of our cotton sustainably? And that all our stores, DC’s and offices only use energy-efficient LED lighting? Yes, that is also Action. Curious about what other initiatives we’re facilitating? There’s a lot more we are proud of and we would love for you to be part of it.

Interested?

We're proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly invite anyone who sees themselves in the vacancy to apply. So take action and respond to this vacancy now!

What happens next:

1. Response to your application within 14 days (and usually earlier)
2. First interview with a manager and a colleague
3. Second interview with more colleagues
4. Welcome to Action

Throughout the process, your recruiter is your permanent point of contact and is available to answer any questions you may have.