Development Manager
Toyota Advanced Logistics (TAL), started per April 1st 2026 as a newly formed company, combining the Warehousing activities of Vanderlande (Netherlands), Viastore (Germany), Bastian Solutions (USA) and Toyota L&F (Japan). The focus of the new company is on Warehouse Automation, utilizing the strengths of all former companies to offer a wide variety of automation solutions to our customers.
At TAL, we are seeking a passionate and ambitious leader, capable of driving operational excellence, stakeholder satisfaction, process standardization, and continuous improvement across our global procurement operations. We are still setting up organization structures, processes and standards for TAL as new company, and hence transformation will be an import task in shaping the future, which requires strong leadership.
Relevant Experience Required
14–18 years of overall experience, with minimum 5–7 years in senior technical and operational leadership roles managing software development teams or departments delivering high-performance, low-latency, enterprise-grade software products.
Proven experience in strategic oversight, workforce management, and execution excellence within a scaled Agile environment, preferably in a product-led, platform-oriented organization.
Required Skills & Competencies
Education & Technical Foundation
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
Minimum 4+ years hands-on experience as a Software Engineer or Architect working with Java-based enterprise applications.
Strong grounding in enterprise software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native development.
Delivery Leadership
Ability to define, articulate, and execute improvement areas aligned with organizational and product vision.
Proven experience driving MVP/MVO delivery, ensuring predictable outcomes using delivery metrics across velocity, quality, and throughput.
Strong analytical mindset to balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery in complex environments.
Experience influencing direction in collaboration with Solution and Software Architects.
People Leadership & Workforce Management
Demonstrated ability to motivate, coach, and grow high-performing teams, fostering an environment where individuals and teams can reach their full potential.
Experience managing 4+ Scrum teams and 30+ engineers, including performance management, career development, PDPs, and PIPs.
Hands-on experience with hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and capacity planning in collaboration with HR.
Strong people leadership presence with the ability to build high-performance, inclusive team cultures.
Agile, DevOps & Continuous Improvement
Minimum 3+ years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, with strong coaching capability in Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
Strong advocate of continuous improvement across people, processes, and tools.
Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and driving consistent ways of working across teams.
Product development background with DevOps and automation-first mindset is a strong plus.
Experience delivering software with high levels of test and deployment automation (CI/CD).
Technology & Architecture
Expert knowledge of event-driven, domain-driven architectures using microservices and ubiquitous language.
Working knowledge of containerized application development and deployment on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, etc.) using Kubernetes.
Experience with enterprise-scale systems and cloud-native platforms.
Familiarity with TDD/BDD practices and modern engineering best practices is a plus.
Warehouse automation or logistics domain knowledge is a plus.
Stakeholder, Risk & Escalation Management
Strong stakeholder management skills with experience collaborating closely with RTEs, Leads, CPO’s and Architecture teams.
Acts as a primary escalation point for delivery, people, and technical risks; proactively mitigates impediments.
Ability to clearly represent both business and technology perspectives across the SDLC.
Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills; capable of influencing across a matrixed, multinational organization.
Tools & Ways of Working
Working experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.) is a plus.
Strong understanding of SDLC best practices, including coding standards, reviews, source control, testing, and operations.
Additional Requirements
Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
Willingness to travel internationally (10–30%)
Diversity & inclusion
TAL is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
As part of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), Toyota Automated Logistics (TAL) is a global partner for integrated warehouse automation. Toyota Automated Logistics combines the talents of three group companies – Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande’s Warehousing business and viastore – under one brand as an integrated automation hub to deliver scalable systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.
By uniting their proven performance with a forward-thinking approach, shared purpose and unified culture, TAL’s mission is to set the industry standard and shape its destiny. The company brings the latest technologies and services together in one connected solution, offering a seamless journey with a fast response and continuous local support – from the design to delivery phase – that empowers customers to gain a lasting competitive advantage.
From receiving to shipping, TAL supports all aspects of future-proofing customers’ scalable logistic facilities with its vast knowledge and proven expertise, including: Bastian Solutions’ system integration capabilities and a broad technology portfolio that optimizes operations for sustainable growth; Vanderlande’s extensive Warehousing business, which supports customers in navigating the increasing complexity of logistics by enhancing efficiency; and viastore’s customized solutions that ensure reliable performance and continuous improvement.
