Workforce Planner

Job Req Number:  130415
Time Type: Full Time

Move forward as a Workforce Planner at DSV in Moerdijk

Planning specialist, we are looking for your puzzle-solving skills! As a workforce planner, you ensure that our logistics operation runs smoothly with both internal colleagues and temporary agency staff. With decisiveness, energy and courage, you make our staffing puzzles fit. Ready to make an impact? You can do that with us!

You get it done

Our logistics services depend on flawless planning for your DSV colleagues and the many agency workers within our warehouses. You’re on it.

How do you do this? As a planning specialist for our operational workforce, both permanent employees and the flexible workforce, you keep our operation running. A role with a lot of responsibility and freedom. You get the job done, and we rely on you! From forklift drivers to warehouse operatives, you are the go-to person for deploying our blue-collar workforce. Based on forecasts and ad-hoc challenges, you perfectly align staffing needs with both staffing agencies and internal colleagues. You achieve this by:

• gathering and analyzing staffing requirements from operations, creating a plan based on competencies and availability using our workforce management system. Our temporary staffing partners then supplement your plan;


• analyzing planning results and conducting scenario planning. Based on this, you advise warehouse managers and supervisors;


• analyzing KPI reports from our temporary staffing partners and addressing gaps in the planning or structural shortages;


• initiating improvement proposals based on national discussions with your fellow resource planners.

Your team stands out within DSV for its attention to detail. You are the eyes and ears of the operation when it comes to staffing levels. You act as the spider in the web between our operations and staffing partners, supported by the strong collaboration within your team.

We are DSV, we grow

DSV is a global provider of transport and logistics services. With offices in more than 80 countries and a growing network of partners, there is no place in the world we cannot reach via transport by air, sea, rail, courier or road or where we can offer storage in warehouses.

"As a Resource Planner, every day brings new challenges and opportunities. You are the link between people, planning and operations, ensuring everything runs smoothly. By coordinating closely with both the operational teams and our staffing partners, you help create the most efficient workforce plan possible," says Laura, Senior Resource Planner, West Region..

In the Netherlands, we operate from over 40 branches, with more than 5,000 colleagues. Together we rise to the challenge of a rapidly changing environment. We make quick decisions at every level and combine ambition and teamwork. This is how we move forward and make a difference together.

You bring

• experience in a similar role, for example as a staff planner, recruiter, or account specialist at a temp agency is a plus;


• preferably, you have gained some experience in logistics. However, we value passion and eagerness to learn far more for this role;


• assertiveness, you keep searching until you find the solution;


• attention to detail and the ability to prioritize.


• command of both Dutch and English.

It all counts for this vacancy of workforce planner in Moerdijk. Furthermore, it is of course important that you feel at home with us. That will certainly be possible if you like to keep going, have guts and want to grow with DSV.

You get

Working at DSV means working at one of the top players in the logistics market. DSV is entrepreneurial and competitive, which is why we always want to grow as an organization. That is why we are looking for people who want to grow with us. Besides a challenging job in an international environment, we also offer:

• salary depending on knowledge and experience, ranging from €2.919,99 upto €4.502,80 gross per month, plus 8% holiday allowance;


• time for yourself. You enjoy 28 vacation days per year (full-time) to spend with friends and family. We also offer hybrid working both from home and the office, flexibility is key to us;


• a favourable pension scheme, partly premium-free with a personal contribution of 5%;


• personal growth through our DSV Academy and external training in logistics or other relevant fields;


• additional benefits, such as our bike plan and the fiscfree program, giving you a net financial advantage;


• and last but not least, plenty of fun break activities, like table tennis, darts, or relaxing in our comfortable lounges.

Move forward

Send your resume with motivation or leave your details and we will contact you. Any questions about this vacancy? Our corporate recruiter a.i. Rolf Buitenkamp answers all your questions via +31 (0)6 1421 5279  or [email protected].

We will only contact you via our official company email addresses (e.g., @dsv.com or @nl.dsv.com) and never reach out to candidates through personal email providers such as Gmail or Hotmail.

DSV – Global transport and logistics

What moves you?

At DSV, we move more than goods. We move careers, ambitions and opportunities.

With close to 150,000 colleagues in over 90 countries, we are the global leader in transport and logistics, and it is our people who bring our services and solutions to life every day. From frontline operations to business functions, every role contributes to keeping supply chains flowing and societies running.

Here, you are trusted to take ownership, act on your ideas and make decisions that create real impact. It is a place where people, careers and ideas keep moving forward. We value transparency in how we communicate and collaborate, and we win together by supporting each other, challenging each other and delivering results as a team.

Start here. Go anywhere

This is our promise of movement. A promise that your work matters, your contribution counts, and your career can move as far as your ambition takes it.

If you are looking to make an impact, grow your career and be part of something bigger, DSV is the place to be.

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