Service Manager Operations
10 | 09 | 2025
As Service Manager Operations you are the heart of our Contract Services team within the business unit Risk & Compliance Services. You make sure everything is in order: the collaboration within the team, the agreements with our clients and the quality of our service delivery.
Over Circle8
We are the partner for external hiring of professionals. Whether it's brokering, MSP or staffing: we handle it. We find the best people, (con)nect them with the right clients and make sure they keep growing. We believe in talent flow. Because where people flow, your organization grows.
Circle8 feels new – and it is. New name, new direction, new energy. But with experience since 1986. With a fresh perspective and strong ambitions: to become one of the top 3 in recruitment. Nationally and internationally. Will you join?
Place in the organization
You will work at Circle8 Netherlands, with Circle8 in Nieuwegein as your base. You will work closely with the Business Unit Manager Risk & Compliance Services, to whom you also report.
Your role as Service Manager Operations
You are in daily contact with your team, give direction, create trust and encourage ownership. You coach, develop and challenge so that people enjoy their work and continually improve together. At the same time you are a good contact for clients, suppliers and colleagues within Circle8. You monitor progress, identify bottlenecks and keep an overview. This way you ensure that we deliver on what we promise and, preferably, a little bit more.
You are not on your own. In your role you work closely with our subject-matter expert. You provide direction, encourage team development and ensure that service delivery runs smoothly and professionally. The subject-matter expert brings in-depth expertise, identifies opportunities for improvement and translates laws and regulations into practice. This collaboration creates a strong connection between strategy, execution and subject matter. Together you ensure excellent, future-proof service through which we at Circle8 truly make a difference for our customers and colleagues.
What you are going to do
You lead the Contract Services team in a coaching and connecting way.
You are building a safe, professional and performance-oriented team culture.
You safeguard the quality of our service delivery and ensure that customer agreements are met.
You are the point of contact for complex operational or personnel issues.
You actively maintain contact with clients, suppliers, self-employed individuals and internal departments.
You report to the Business Unit Manager and actively contribute to improvement, development and growth.
This is you
HBO work and thinking level.
5 to 7 years of experience as a manager in an operational environment.
You love people and structure: you combine empathy with a focus on results.
You are strong in communication, in Dutch and in English.
You have up-to-date knowledge of laws and regulations such as the WDBA, WAB and AVG or the willingness to quickly and thoroughly familiarize yourself with them.
A Green Belt certificate is a nice bonus, but not a must.
Also good to know. What do we offer?
We reward you for all the hard work. In money, a nice work-life balance, great colleagues and personal growth:
A salary between €5000 - €6000 in an FT employment and appropriate to your level.
You work between 32 and 40 hours per week.
8.33% holiday pay because you have other things to do besides your work.
Collective health insurance and €120 gross per month contribution to health insurance.
Travel allowance, and if you travel by public transport we reimburse the costs incurred.
If you arrange your health insurance with Nationale Nederlanden, we will pay the premium for the supplementary insurance.
Work-from-home allowance.
25 vacation days (with a full-time employment) plus 2 additional days determined by Circle8 and the option to purchase extra days
Development and career advancement opportunities: nationally and internationally.
All facilities to be able to work well such as a laptop, phone, (reimbursement for) home office, etc.
Excellent pension scheme and ANW-gap, accident and disability insurance policies.
Opportunity to volunteer during working hours to introduce young people to the labor market.
And last but not least: a strong focus on having fun at work. With drinks, parties, the crazy8 room and of course great colleagues.
Excited?
Great! Respond quickly and let us know why you are a fit for this role and for Circle8.
Respond via the form below, call or send an email toMonique Manger (Corporate Recruiter, 06-52751749, monique.manger@circle8.nl )with your CV and a short introduction of yourself. We look forward to receiving your application.
Will you become our new Service Manager Operations
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