Production

Our organisation comprises two cheese dairies where several thousand tonnes of cheese are prepared every year. In Katwoude and in Heerenveen, our Cheesemakers make no less than50 different age and herb cheeses from regular organic cow's, goat's and sheep's milk. This demands a lot from our Cheesemakers. Namely, they have to be able to switch quickly and effectively between the different cheese types.

At the Logistics department in Katwoude and Heerenveen, it is a daily challenge to organise all activities related to packaging, refining, maturing, storage and distribution of our cheeses as efficiently as possible so that our customers can get theirquality cheeses receive.

Our Technical Service employees repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, control and hydraulic failures and malfunctions on the process equipment in our factories. With their very broad technical expertise, they ensure that cheese production can continue at all times and their inventiveness ensures safer technical situations, a higher production capacity and the sustainability of our organisation.

Your development within the Henri Willig Cheese factory

In our cheese factory, we believe in craftsmanship - and that starts with people. That is why we offer clear learning and career paths for the three professional areas:

Logistics

Start as an all-round packaging employee and develop through a learning path into a handling line operator. You will work with modern techniques and contribute daily to an efficient cheese processing process.

Cheese factory

Start as a field operator or apprentice cheese maker. In our BBL programmes, you will learn everything about food, technology and cheese technology. You can progress to senior cheesemaker /1st operator and team leader.

Technical Service

As a technical apprentice you will learn mechatronics and technical skills. You will develop into an all-round technical service employee with responsibility for our innovative installations.

You can work and learn in BBL routes (working and learning at the same time) or via internal training courses. This allows you to grow as a starter into a professional specialist in a unique family business where quality and craftsmanship are key.

View the visual below for your personal growth path. Interested and/or questions? Contact us directly at werken@henriwillig.com or call/app Pieter Bakels on 06-34645684.

Shops

Besides three cheese farms, where over one million visitors a year are informed about the craft of the clogmaker and cheese maker, Henri Willig has a large number of traditional cheese shops (cheese farm stores) in Amsterdam and Delft and several modern luxury cheese gift shops under the name Cheese & More by Henri Willig in the Netherlands Germany and Austria.

Production

Our organisation comprises two cheese dairies where several thousand tonnes of cheese are made every year. In Katwoude and in Heerenveen, at the behest of our customers and our own shops, our Cheese Makers make as many as 50 different age and herb cheeses from regular organic cow's, goat's and sheep's milk. This demands a lot from our Cheesemakers. Namely, they have to be able to switch quickly and effectively between the different cheese types.

Grand Café Giethoorn

Our newest location in Giethoorn: a grand cafe with cheese shop and boat tour.

Sales

From our Sales Department in Heerenveen, our Account Managers are busy serving and expanding national and international customer relationships on a daily basis. In this way, our Dutch cheese specialities are distributed to a wide variety of customers in more than 40 countries. Our people in the Sales Department take care of order processing and serve the (international) customer together with Account Management. Furthermore, the Sales Department undertakes numerous marketing activities and participates in national and international trade fairs to reach its customers.

Marketing

The Marketing team, of which our Webshop is also part, is working daily to get this message across to consumers. In doing so, the team makes an important contribution to realising the ambition of becoming the number one premium cheese brand worldwide.

Headquarters

The head office is located in Katwoude (a 15-minute drive from Amsterdam and situated amidst the tourist towns of Volendam, Edam and Marken). From this location, various departments such as financial administration, HRM, ICT and Retail support the shops and cheese-making facilities.

Quality

The Quality team is responsible for maintaining, improving and securing the quality system with regard to food safety, food quality, working conditions and environmental care. As a result, Henri Willig has all the necessary certifications to sell our cheeses even in countries with the strictest regulations.

Experiences

Henri Willig likes to let its visitors leave richer than when they came. We do this at various locations and in various ways.