Do you want to be part of a high performing IT team and take Arla’s technologies to the next level? Are you an ambitious, proactive and self-driven individual with strong experience within IT? If yes, you now have a great opportunity to grow your career in IT Solutions in Arla.
We have high ambitions for the digital engagement with our Supply Chain and have stepped up our efforts in this area over the last years. We now have an open position as Senior IT Manager for the industrial IOT area where you will be responsible for delivering the portfolio of projects through a high performing team.
Do you want to be part of a high performing IT team and take Arla’s technologies to the next level? Are you an ambitious, proactive and self-driven individual with strong experience within IT? If yes, you now have a great opportunity to grow your career in IT Solutions in Arla.
We have high ambitions for the digital engagement with our Supply Chain and have stepped up our efforts in this area over the last years. We now have an open position as Senior IT Manager for the industrial IOT area where you will be responsible for delivering the portfolio of projects through a high performing team.
You will join an international department and you will be working with 190 colleagues in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and UK. Our team is responsible for the development of new IT solutions in Arla, which includes everything from IT systems controlling, the manufacturing process at a dairy to large SAP solutions, apps to our farmers and web shops for our consumers.
You will be responsible for delivering IT solutions, including turning business needs into project requests, drive the process to ensure funding and leading/managing the actual project/EPIC execution. This includes building up and leading a team of highly skilled solution consultants and scrum masters as well as managing vendor relations and agreements.
You will be working in a scaled agile setup (SAFe) with cross functional agile teams with colleagues from IT Solutions and external consultants. We strongly believe in agile ways of working, frequent deliveries and empowerment.
- Have overall responsibility for planning and execution of activities in alignment with corporate objectives for IT Strategy and business plans
- Manage the function’s budget and resources
- Be responsible for securing proper resource allocation – both own and external resources (vendors)
- Proactively agree on and align team performance targets to Arla Foods IT’s overall targets (timely, consistently, quality-wise etc.)
- Be responsible for all vendor/supplier management including quality assurance
- Lead team towards business to secure optimal use and utilization of the implemented solutions/systems
- Lead and develop and coach your team towards further solution standardization, optimized usage and better utilization of new and existing applications
You have an agile mindset combines with a strong delivery/result focus. You can be described as a strong collaborator and facilitator, able to handle cooperation across different functions, locations and cultures. Your high engagement and energy allow you to move and look for new ways to improve current ways of working.
- Education at Bachelor/Master’s level within Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or Business administration
- Experience with working Agile, preferably SAFe experience
- A Prince2/IPMA certification or similar
- At least 8 years of experience within IT development
- Strong experience in managing IT teams
- Broad experience with various Digital tools, Production IT and Logistics platforms will be an advantage
- Fluency in English
We are offering an informal environment with high degree of empowerment combined with lots of interesting possibilities/challenges.
We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. And you’ll join a market leader who produces nutritious household-favourite brands in a way that make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.
- Work in an international team & matrix structure
- Friendly atmosphere & comfortable work place (Neptun office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz)
- Relocation package
- Medical care & life insurance
- Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
- Fruit Wednesdays
- Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position
- Development possibilities while taking part in internal projects
- Events, integration, like Summer or Xmas Party, Chill out rooms with Xbox and the best coffee in the office
Poznaj
Arla Global Shared Services
Moooo. We are Arla GSS and we deal with business the Scandinavian way.
You most likely associate us with brands like Arla Apetina, Lurpak or Castello. We are part of the global Arla Foods group employing over 20,000 people worldwide and delivering 25 trillion glasses of milk a year. That being said… At our office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz we do not produce butter or cheese, nor do we conduct milk quality assessment.
We are a Global Shared Services Center and we deliver tens of projects in: Finance, IT, Global and Local HR, Risk Controls and Compliance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service, Member Service and Operations, European Transport Control Center, Supplier Quality Assurance.