Senior Director New Technologies Brewing & Processing Group

The Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) in Switzerland integrates a number of central functions in the Carlsberg Group: H&S, Quality, Procurement, Production, Logistics and Planning. Group H&S is developing, communicating and driving an effective coordinated H&S Strategy for ISC and commercial teams. Group ISC manages the brewery network, handles the global procurement processes, sets the global standards for quality, brewing technology, ensures end-to-end planning and aims to deliver world-class logistics and customer service.

Working for the ISC will give you the chance to contribute to this highly ambitious integrated function within the Carlsberg Group as well as the opportunity to set your own "foot print" in the organisation during its rapid development. If you enjoy working in an international environment, have an entrepreneurial spirit and can see yourself supporting our purpose, “Brewing for a better today and tomorrow”, the ISC in Carlsberg can be a unique

Senior Director New Technologies Brewing & Processing Group

As one of the leading brewers in the world, Carlsberg can offer you an exciting international career with outstanding individual growth opportunities. Working in the major league of global beer brands, you will be faced with many professional challenges allowing you to grow in your professional career. All it takes is your commitment and courage to face challenges head-on – and a passion for winning!

The purpose of the position Senior Director New Technologies Brewing & Processing Group is to own/develop and drives actively and successfully the E2E New Technologies scope of Brewing & Processing, from idea generation to successful implementations for

a) new equipment from idea generation, via piloting to 1st industrial equipment installation incl. SAT, trainings and -material, plus handover to Manufacturing.

b) new processes from idea generation until implementation/deployment

The position will be based in Ziegelbrücke (greater area Zurich), Switzerland. The required skills & competencies to succeed in this role are:

Personal qualifications / competencies:

To be successful in this position, the jobholder needs to have excellent interpersonal and cross-functional skills, combined with a strong engineering and technical background and expertise.
Highly developed interpersonal and networking skills with the ability to relate well to different people and nationalities at all organizational levels.
Strategic thinking, highly structured, can understand the big picture working at a high level of details
Communicate with impact having multicultural understanding.
Detail oriented and analytical.
Self-driven, proactive, and high energy level
Cross-functional project leadership skills
Innovative and flexible work attitude
Result and execution focused.
E2E Project lead skills and experiences
Ability to work in diverse cultural and geographical areas and understanding the differences in personal behavior and manage this diversity.

Growth Mindset

We live growth mindset culture in Carlsberg, we are looking for new colleagues who:

Live by Semper Ardens (always burning) and constantly strive for the extraordinary
Foster an environment of positive energy and compassion
Passionate about the consumer in everything we do
Decide fast and deliver with excellence
Empower, support, and grow our people to reach their full potential

Experience & Education:

>15 years Operational experience in the FMCG/brewing industry, preferably within Breweries and strong stakeholders skills
Internal Carlsberg experiences would be supportive.
Minimum having a Degree in Brewing
Functional technical experience in Brewing & Processing plus the other areas of a brewery, incl. equipment
Experience in working in different countries.
Strong project management skills

Language:

Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Job responsibilities:

Owns/develops and drives actively and successfully the E2E New Technologies scope of Brewing & Processing, from idea generation to successful implementations for

a) New equipment from idea generation, via piloting to 1st industrial equipment installation incl. SAT, trainings and -material, plus handover to Manufacturing.
b) New processes from idea generation until implementation/deployment
c) Closely collaborate with Carlsberg Research Touchpoints with CRL to be aware of technology and technical pipelines

Owns/drives the future pipeline for NewTech evolutionary projects and the “joint CRL/CB-Foundation financed” evolutionary new Processes and Equipments.

NewTech internal interface to the “new idea generation SPOC” through the Carlsberg pipeline
Reaching out to Brewing Universities for screening their NewTech equipment/process projects/pipelines
Screening/participating in summit contents/summits for checking NewTech trends and developments.

Drive/develop/deploy actively all New Technologies related AI activities/projects within the B&P scope.

Own and develop the AI driven activities, projects within the scope of Brewing & Processing
Coordinate all existing AI related NewTech projects/initiatives within Brewing & Processing with the NewTech AI-owner (Sen. Dir. NewTech Production)
Close cooperation in this case with CRL, CB-IT and ISC Group

Screens the supplier’s landscape for New Technologies equipment and in case of setting up joint projects, owns and drives them.

Check constantly the NewTech B&P related machine supplier and start-ups for their new developed equipment/process improvements and in case of benefits à setting up joint projects.
Own and drive these projects with all related internal Carlsberg stakeholder.

Being the New Tech SPOC for CRL (Carlsberg Research Laboratory)

Strong cooperation with CRL by being the SPOC and actively leading the TechEx meetings.
Coordinating the NewTech CRL related topics
Supporting the CRL-NewTech Budget preparations

Support the “ISC NewTech & CRL commercialisation” in that defined scope

Support the commercialisation agenda in terms of descriptions, training materials and advert descriptions in the field of Brewing & Processing

All in conjunction with:

Group Manufacturing & Engineering, ensure that Global engineering standards and the WOW (8-steps) are considered in all relevant NewTech equipment set-Ups.
Group Procurement: ensures that proc. principles are applied.
Group Health & Safety: ensures all standards are considered
Group Carlsberg Research Laboratory TechEx member and drive actively the technical interface, when pilot equipment will be transferred to ISC NewTech
Exchanges with Group Development in cases of relevant interfaces
Working close with supplier for new developments

Internal/External stakeholders

Internal: Regional ISC Management teams across all 3 regions, ISC functional teams (Procurement, Customer Supply Chain, Quality-B&P, Manufacturing-Engineering, Controlling, etc.), Group Commercial, Group Development, Carlsberg Research Laboratory

External: Machine suppliers, start-up companies

If you feel that you are ready for such a challenge and that you meet the above requirements, then apply through the below link. Application deadline: February 5th, 2025.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.