Department Director

Full time
- Master, PhD
- Eindhoven
- At Sioux Technologies, we strive to push technological boundaries and make a meaningful impact. As Department Director, you play a crucial role in shaping our future. You provide direction for our development organization, inspire your team, and help build a culture of growth and innovation.
- Sioux Technologies develops and produces advanced technology for the top of the international high-tech community. Examples include a complex lithography machine, a compact electron microscope, and an intelligent home automation system. We set the bar high and often achieve the seemingly impossible. We do this together, as a team of enthusiastic specialists in mechanics, electronics, software, mechatronics, and mathematics.

**What excites you as a Department Director**: As a Department Director, you contribute to the strategic and tactical growth of our development organization. You report to the executive board of Sioux Technologies and are part of our Management Team.
- **Leading Technical Department Managers at our headquarters in Eindhoven**: You inspire and coach them, safeguard Sioux's culture and values, and ensure engagement and involvement.
- **You are responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing internal budgets, hours, and investments.** You have a keen eye for detail and proactively intervene in case of deviations, not only monitoring but also providing strategic advice on cost savings and performance improvement.
- **Strategic growth and development**:Together with the MT, you focus on talent management, succession planning, competency development, and determining recruitment needs.
- **Collaboration and innovation**:You work closely with educational institutions and promote training and development through the Sioux Academy and other initiatives.
- **HR policies and structures**: You are involved in employment conditions, job evaluation, and salary structures in collaboration with HR.
- **Quality assurance**: You implement and monitor the use of the QMS within the technical departments.

**What you bring to the table**: We are looking for a connecting leader with strategic insight and a strong people focus. You possess:

- An academic working and thinking level.
- Multidisciplinairy understanding.
- Organizational sensitivity and the ability to connect with others.
- Decisiveness and coaching leadership qualities.
- Inspirational skills to provide direction and balance interests at a strategic level.

**Why you want to work here**:

- Collaborate with top talent who share your passion for technology.
- €6,000 annual personal training budget to develop your personal and professional skills.
- Competitive salary and attractive secondary benefits.
- Guaranteed gratification of 4% to a max of 12%.
- 28 vacation days with the option to purchase 12 additional days.
- Option for a lease car.
- Flexible workweek of 32-40 hours, with hybrid work possibilities.
- An open culture focused on collaboration, learning, and having fun.
- Are you interested?

**Your new job in 5 steps**:

- Interested?
- Send us your CV and motivation letter.
- Application received
- Introduction
- We will plan an (online) introduction with a Sioux colleague to find out if there is a match.
- Follow-up conversation(s)
- In follow-up conversation(s), we dive into the (technical) depth. In some cases a personality test will be part of the conversation and will be discussed with you. In other cases you will be presented with a (technical) case.
- Both excited?
- If we are both enthusiastic, we would like to make you an offer. We will talk you through the offer and discuss it with you. Are you already curious about our terms of employment? You can find them here for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany.
- Welcome to Sioux Technologies
- We welcome you to Sioux and wish you success with your new challenge

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**Sander van der Maat**:

Sr. Talent Acquisition +31(0)40-2677100