Teamlead DevOps @ TVH
AMKP04244
Function
As Team Lead DevOps, you are responsible for managing and facilitating the PaaS team. You ensure that daily operations run smoothly, that team members are motivated and developed, and that the objectives of the team and the organization are achieved. This role focuses on people management, process optimization, and stakeholder management (both internal and external), with the aim of establishing a self-managing, high-performing team that works agilely and provides optimal support to the internal product teams.
You will contribute to strengthening the team in a complex, cross-cultural environment with direct management of five engineers in Belgium. You will help achieve the strategic objectives around automation, observability, and optimization of CI/CD processes within TVH's internal platform landscape. The Team Lead ensures that the team's daily operations run smoothly, that there is continuous improvement in quality and speed, and that incidents are proactively minimized. The focus is on people management and coordination, with minimal hands-on technical tasks.
Tasks and responsibilities
People management and team development (±40%)
- Managing and coaching a team of five Belgian engineers.
- Facilitating individual growth and team development through continuous feedback, on-the-job coaching, training, and performance management.
- Recruiting and onboarding new team members in collaboration with HR and external partners.
- Creating an open, safe, and motivating work environment in which innovation and collaboration are central.
Operational management and coordination (±25%)
- Daily planning, prioritization, and coordination of teamwork in accordance with agile principles and sprint goals.
- Actively resolving blockers and escalations, monitoring the quality, timing, and costs of deliveries.
- Reporting progress, bottlenecks, and risks to IT management.
- Building a self-healing team with a high degree of operational maturity.
Process optimization and quality improvement (±15%)
- Setting up and improving processes related to automation, monitoring, incident management, and security awareness.
- Implementing ‘First Time Right’ and preventing rework through better collaboration and testing processes.
- Developing governance and compliance around observability and platform management.
Technical coordination and strategic input (±10%)
- Translating strategic objectives into technical projects and team initiatives.
- Coordinating collaboration with other IT teams (such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service) and external suppliers.
- Supporting the technical roadmap with knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, Zabbix, Grafana, and Google Cloud.
Stakeholder management and communication (±10%)
- Acting as a link between business, product teams, external partners, and internal IT teams.
- Clear, diplomatic, and straightforward communication about technical and organizational issues, both in Dutch and English.
- Monitoring cross-cultural sensitivity and collaboration with offshore teams.
Profile
Experience and background
- Extensive experience in DevOps principles and tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker).
- Technical knowledge to understand and manage processes and solutions without having to be hands-on all the time.
- Experience with agile working, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and cloud/on-premise infrastructure.
- Demonstrable experience with people management and leading (international) teams.
- Asset: Managerial experience within IT/DevOps.
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Competencies
- Excellent communication skills, multilingual (Dutch and English).
- Empathetic, coaching, and able to connect within a diverse, multicultural environment.
- Stress-resistant, decisive, proactive, and problem-solving.
- Diplomatic and skilled at switching between different stakeholders.
Language skills
Dutch is used as the language of communication within TVH. A good knowledge of English—both spoken and written—is a must.
Offer
- TVH is an internationally operating, but Belgian-based family business with a solid reputation in material handling and technical innovation. The company combines stability with dynamism and gives employees room to take initiative and make an impact. There is a strong focus on sustainability, health, and job satisfaction.
- A key position in an innovative team that continuously improves technology and processes.
- A diverse and multicultural working environment with plenty of room for personal growth and leadership;
- A culture of trust and entrepreneurship within a large, stable organization;
- Extensive facilities and initiatives for work-life balance and health (such as professional triathlon coaching, bicycle schemes, Finnish track, showers);
- Healthy and affordable company restaurant facilities with fruit and snacks;
- Regular team-building events and family days;
- A challenging position within a stable and fast-growing international company with opportunities for advancement toward strategic management;
- Two days of working from home per week.
Amon is the exclusive recruitment partner for this position.
If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact Louise De Potter, ldp@amon.be
Teamlead DevOps @ TVH
TVH is th global benchmark when it comes to parts for industrial off-road machines. They are an international market leader in quality parts and accessories for a wide range of machines: from material handling and industrial vehicles to construction machinery, agricultural equipment, and even aircraft. With more than one million parts in stock, nearly fifty million references in the database, and customers in 180 countries, their reach is impressive. Since 2021, D'Ieteren Group has also been on board with 40% of the shares, while the Thermote family retains the remaining 60%. This combination brings the best of both worlds: the warm, people-oriented corporate culture of a family business and the professionalization and process-oriented approach of an international market leader.
In terms of strategy, TVH is all about growth and innovation. They are fully embracing the international story. An important focus for the future is automation, both in IT and in warehouse operations. Think of robotization, smart warehouses, and supporting IT systems to make everything run seamlessly.
Training and development are high priorities, including through TVH University, which offers thousands of training courses. Safety and well-being receive structural attention through programs such as Safety Bee, and diversity is actively encouraged, for example with the TVH Women's Network. With the Nudge program, TVH encourages healthy habits, from sports to mental well-being. This ranges from free group yoga classes to sports tournaments and its own Finnish track. Initiatives such as the Lignaverda Challenge link exercise to ecological impact: for every 10 km that employees walk, run, or cycle, TVH plants a tree in Senegal. Previous editions have already resulted in 225,000 trees being planted.