Senior IT Product Manager, Arla Pro, Aarhus or Gdansk

Location: Aarhus N, DK Gdansk, PL

Do you want to be part of Arla Pro’s journey to win customers digitally? Do you want to be leading cross-functional IT projects and solutions? Are you motivated by strong stakeholder engagement and project delivery? If yes, then look no further!

The role of Sr. IT Product Manager is part of the Digital and E-commerce team of Arla Pro, our global foodservice division. This truly international team, based in Arla’s global HQ in Denmark, enables the digital transformation of Arla’s foodservice business.

“Arla Pro is on an ambitious growth journey, and we are committed to win independent customers digitally. In this role you will be representing our foodservice business in the Agile Release Train and make sure our needs are prioritized and ultimately met ” says Senior Manager, Digital & E-commerce, Erik Brentjens.

One leg in Business, one leg in IT
As our new Sr. IT Product Manager, you will have two distinct areas of responsibility. First, you will represent Foodservice in the IT Agile Release Train (ART) Management Team. Second, you will lead cross-functional SAP projects through the organization.

This combination makes your role interesting, rewarding, and challenging. You will have high exposure to stakeholders in both business and IT, with strong support from the people around you.

Your primary task is to ensure that the Foodservice IT development teams deliver the scope within budget. You will collaborate closely with other ART team members, overseeing Arla Pro’s portfolio of IT solutions, and with the Product Owners in the Global Foodservice team.

You will synchronize project delivery from the Product Owners and coach them in their roles. Additionally, you will participate in PI planning, present the Roadmap, develop cost estimates, and submit the Lean Business Case for Foodservice.

Besides your responsibilities as a product manager, you will lead cross-functional (SAP) projects through the organization. Your main task is to collaborate closely with various functions (IT, Finance, Masterdata, Customer Service) across markets and central teams to ensure the Foodservice business benefits from structured data and efficient End-2-End processes.

Currently, an important SAP project is running that enables better Net Revenue Management. Bringing relevant experience with SAP IT development projects is highly desirable.

You navigate Foodservice through IT
You will work with a complex stakeholder environment, spanning different cultures. Thus, you have great facilitation skills and thrive engaging with people of different cultures and from various backgrounds.

As the right candidate for this job, you have experience with agile (ideally SAFe), and a strong ability to link business needs to IT development.

There are different paths that can lead to this position. You may have a background in IT, but you can equally have a background in Master data, Sales or Finance. As long as you are curious, the job ad speaks to you and you love working in a diverse team where there is room for fun.

While we prefer the candidate to work from Aarhus, we are open for a remote set-up from Arla’s office in Gdansk or one of Arla’s EuroZone markets (Denmark, Sweden, UK, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands).

Furthermore, you have:

• A master degree level or other relevant education
• IT understanding gained from 3-5 years’ experience
• Advanced English skills both verbal and written
• Experience with SAP and/or Masterdata will be an advantage

About Arla Pro
We are dairy partners to chefs and foodservice businesses around the globe. Dedicated to bringing restaurants and foodservice businesses the partnership they need for success – whether that means working towards their sustainability goals or helping their business transform.

We made it our vision to create the future of dairy in foodservice by bringing great food experiences and inspiration, naturally.

Application and contact
If you want to help shaping the foodservice industry, then seize this exciting opportunity. Please apply as soon as possible as we process applications on an ongoing basis. If you have any specific questions about the role that are important before sending your application, please contact Senior Manager, Digital and E-commerce, Erik Brentjens, on +31 645336322

We have a purpose for Good
At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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