Business Process Expert; Blackbelt

About us

Hop aboard Damen Naval; the naval division of the family‑owned Damen Shipyards Group, where 12,000 professionals work worldwide. Damen Naval delivers advanced naval vessels to clients all over the globe. By implementing the most innovative technological developments in practice, we continue to push the boundaries of the shipbuilding industry. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

As a Business Process Expert at Damen Naval, you will lead initiatives to design, optimize, and implement business processes. Your expertise will directly drive naval shipbuilding programs, ensuring organizational efficiency and effectiveness. This role is pivotal in enhancing productivity, reducing waste, ensuring compliance with defense standards, and improving cross‑functional collaboration.

We seek strong project management expertise, experience with business process improvement methodologies (such as Six Sigma, PRINCE2, or equivalents), and a deep understanding of complex manufacturing or defense industry environments.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead cross‑functional projects to analyze existing workflows, identify inefficiencies and risks, and design, implement, and document optimized business processes across all shipbuilding programs.
• Facilitate workshops and collaborate closely with key stakeholders across all departments to gather requirements, ensure alignment with organizational goals and defense standards, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Monitor, measure, and report on the impact of process improvements against key performance indicators (KPIs) such as cost, quality, delivery time, and compliance.
• Drive and support digital transformation initiatives, including the seamless integration of PLM, ERP, MES, and other operational systems into optimized workflows.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Knowledge of the shipbuilding industry and/or complex (project) manufacturing industry.
• Project management experience with knowledge of business process mapping, analysis, and re‑engineering techniques. Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or BPM (Business Process Management) methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a data‑driven approach.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams in a complex, highly regulated environment.
• Experience with Planning, PLM, MES and ERP concepts in a manufacturing environment.
• Good command of the Dutch and English language both written and verbal.
• Excellent references, as a security screening is part of the hiring process.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required. Candidates with EU (work) visa or with (also) a non‑EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible given the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME‑pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Flexibility to work from home up to two days a week.
• Additional benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Are you interested in this position, please submit your application including your CV and cover letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part‑time / number of hours).

For more information about this vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or contact the Corporate Recruitment department via .

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non‑EU passport or nationality.

A pre‑employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.

Acquisition and introduction of candidates without a formal request is not appreciated and they will not be considered.