Move forward as 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 support from internal colleagues and temporary staff. With decisiveness, energy, and courage, you piece together our staffing puzzles perfectly. Want to make an impact? You can! With us, at DSV.
You get it done
At the beginning of 2026, part of our organization will move to an entirely new logistics DSV park in Moerdijk. Our warehouse there? It’s 240,000 m² in size! Are you ready for a major logistics planning challenge? Then this is your moment to shine. Filling schedules, matching employees, consulting with temp agencies, and making managers happy. Hoppa! Another planning puzzle solved. Nice work! And the best part: You’re on it.
How you do this? As a planning specialist for our operational employees and flexible workforce, you keep our operation running. A job with a lot of responsibility and freedom. You get the job done, and we count on you! From forklift drivers to logistics employees, you are the go-to person for deploying our blue-collar workforce. Based on forecasts and ad-hoc challenges, you perfectly align our staffing needs with both temp agencies and internal colleagues. You achieve this by:
- collecting and analyzing staffing needs from our logistics operation. Using our workforce scheduling application Ortec, and based on employee competencies and availability, you create the personnel planning;
- analyzing planning results and carrying out scenario planning. Based on this, you provide advice to warehouse managers and supervisors;
- ensuring compliance with agreements made with our staffing partners. You analyze KPI reports and engage with these partners when there are gaps in the planning or structural shortages;
- initiating improvement proposals based on nationwide consultations with your fellow planners.
Your team stands out within DSV by its connecting role. You know exactly what’s happening on the work floor and are continuously updated and involved when it comes to staffing levels. As the linking pin between operations and our staffing partners, you ensure everything aligns seamlessly. Fortunately, you are not on your own. Together with a team of 9 colleagues, you form a strong front for our business. Together, we move forward.
We are DSV, we grow
DSV is a global provider of transport and logistics services. With offices in more than 90 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 Workforce Planner, no two days are the same, and you’re in action every day! You are the connecting factor where people, planning, and processes come together,
says Laura de Wit, Senior Resource Planner.
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, such as resource planner, recruiter, or account specialist at a staffing agency;
- preferably familiar with logistics processes. If not, passion and eagerness to learn are just as important to us;
- dedication, you keep searching until you find the solution;
- attention to detail and the ability to prioritize;
- a good 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 €2,744.71 to €4,232.51 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 Cindy Visser will answer all your questions via +31 (0)6 8229 7557 or cindy.visser@dsv.com.
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.
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Job information
Posted on: 02/12/2025
Application deadline: 02/04/2026
Employment type: Full Time
Hiring company name: DSV Contract Logistics
Department: DSV Contract Logistics
Contact name: Cindy Visser
Contact email: werkenbij@nl.dsv.com
Contact phonenumber: +31 (0)6 82297557
Job location: Tradeboulevard 4 4761 RL Zevenbergen North-Brabant The Netherlands
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