Teamlead Business Applications

Bedrijfsomschrijving

Lely, founded in 1948, is committed to a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future in the agricultural sector. With the farmer’s challenges and the cow’s needs at the center, we develop high-quality robots and data systems that enhance animal welfare, flexibility, and productivity on dairy farms. Our goal is to support sustainable food production.

For over 30 years, we have been a global leader in the sales and service of automated systems to successive generations of dairy farmers. Every day, we inspire our colleagues to offer customers innovative solutions and to be a trusted partner for long-term advice and support. With our state-of-the-art Lely Campus in Maassluis and a global network of dedicated Lely Centers for tailored sales and service, Lely operates in more than fifty countries.

Vacatureomschrijving

As Team Lead Business Applications, you are responsible for the daily management of a professional team of approximately 20 experts, divided across the disciplines of Application Experts, Scrum Masters, and Information Analysts. You inspire, motivate, and coach your team to deliver top performance and ensure an effective way of working. You play a key role in translating strategic goals into operational execution, maintain relationships with stakeholders (from senior management to operational level), and work closely with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, and Information Managers to create a future-proof IT landscape.

You are the primary point of contact for functional management, project management, and external vendors. Additionally, you ensure the availability, stability, and performance of applications, prioritize incidents and changes, and coordinate release planning and IT projects such as upgrades, integrations, and server migrations. You facilitate bi-weekly meetings with superusers to discuss system improvements and ensure structural solutions to prevent incidents.

Responsibilities

• Leading the application team (20 FTE, including Scrum Masters).
• Primary point of contact for functional management, project management, and external vendors.
• Responsible for daily operations and progress of strategic projects.
• Ensuring optimal availability, stability, and performance of applications.
• Maintaining relationships with business teams, vendors, IT Architecture, and Security.

Daily Operations

• Prioritizing and distributing incidents and changes.
• Working on structural improvements to prevent incidents.
• Coordinating release planning and deployments.
• Managing documentation and knowledge retention within the team.
• Creating and monitoring the team roadmap.
• Communicating incidents to end users (superusers in clusters).
• Analyzing incidents and developing structural solutions.
• Organizing bi-weekly meetings with superusers on IFS system improvements.

Project Tasks

• Coordinating IT projects (upgrades, integrations, server migrations, etc.).
• Resource planning and alignment with other teams.
• Stakeholder management (business and IT).
• Coaching and providing substantive guidance to team members in projects.

Functie-eisen

You will be part of the management team of the Business Applications and Services Domain, where you collaborate with other team leads to align the domain’s services as closely as possible with the needs of the organization. We are looking for a coaching and facilitating team lead who enables the team to excel. You are a sparring partner for the experts in your team, ask the right questions, and provide support without needing to know every technical detail. You have an affinity for IT and business applications and are capable of translating strategic issues into operational execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree level of working and thinking.
• At least 5 years of people management experience.
• Experience with coaching and facilitating leadership.
• Knowledge and experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills at all levels.
• Affinity with IT and business applications (run/change).
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); proficiency in Dutch is a plus.
• Availability of 32–40 hours per week, with the expectation of being in the office at least four days a week.

Aanvullende informatie

Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You help make the agricultural sector future-proof – and we ensure you have the space, resources, and support to do so.

• An international work environment with room for initiative and entrepreneurship.
• The salary scale ranges from €5,722 to €8,174. The exact offer we make will depend on the experience you bring (among other factors).
• Excellent employment conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation per year and a solid pension scheme.
• Strong growth opportunities: you are in control of your development and can choose from various training programs via our Lely Academy – ranging from personal development to job-specific courses.
• Our modern Lely Campus offers daily access to extensive sports facilities: an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, basketball and volleyball courts, table tennis, and foosball. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training – and challenge your colleagues during an active break.
• Enjoy fresh coffee and tea from our in-house barista, with milk straight from our own farm, and a healthy, affordable company restaurant.
• A healthy work-life balance thanks to our hybrid work policy: you work at least three days a week on campus, with flexible hours and plenty of opportunity to spend extra time on-site (between 06:00 and 20:00).
• A free shuttle bus takes you to and from the metro station in Maassluis, ensuring your workday starts and ends smoothly.
• Successes are meant to be celebrated: from anniversaries to Christmas parties – at Lely, we know how to do it right!

Recruitment & selection agencies, consultancies, and/or temp agencies
We appreciate your interest, but we recruit all our candidates directly. We understand that, as an intermediary, you may want to introduce candidates for our exciting roles and contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we’ve structured our recruitment process. This means that all unsolicited profiles submitted for Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.