Senior Manager Project WE

The Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) in Switzerland integrates a number of central functions in the Carlsberg Group: Procurement, Production, Logistics and Planning. ISC manages the brewery network, handles the global procurement processes, sets the global standards for 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 chance for your career and personal development

Senior Project Manager WE

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 Project Manager WE is to directly or indirectly supports up to 500m DKK capital

This role directly leads projects across WE region and responsible for projects pipeline identification and execution in the given discipline (F&P, B&P, Utility, WH, Civils)

Manages the standards, processes, and training to enable markets to deliver capital projects to COM using Carlsberg excellence principles and with latest best practices of the industry

Guide, train and develop brewery project managers to utilize standards and engineering COM and Carlberg project management model

Contributes to improvement of the standards and process through participating in workgroups

Manages supplier relationships to ensure standard adherence of the region to the regional and group supplier list

Provide 8 Steps leadership to market project teams

The position will be based in WE Region one of the Brewery. The required skills & competencies to succeed in this role are:

Personal qualifications / competencies:

• Ability to lead virtual teams with strong coaching and training skills regardless of reporting lines (A “Can DO” attitude)
• Cultural agility working with both shopfloor and leadership teams in different markets in WE
• Deep understanding of the value chain across FMCG manufacturing and preferably the brewery with in-depth understanding of functional KPIs and functional levers affecting cost, quality, people, and service
• High level of responsibility and proactivity with effective planning executed with speed and discipline
• High standards and a vision as a leader starting new tasks with the end in mind
• Is perseverant and resistant to stress and sets right priorities based on importance and urgency
• Lift and shift best practices, learns from good practices and mistakes
• Actively manages stakeholders to create synergies and Win-Win strategies
• Actively listens and sees from others perspective

• High competency in Carlsberg leadership competencies: Driving for Results, Customer/Consumer Focus, Business Acumen, Passion and integrity, Analytical thinking, Cross-team interacting and Communicating with impact, Developing and empowering people and Driving and managing change

Professional qualifications/ competencies :

• Deep knowledge and experience in brewery filling and packaging at operational and technical standard level
• Management tools implementation in FMCG companies
• Deep knowledge and experience in project management and sourcing process
• Experience using Lean, TPM, 6 sigma practices and behaviors
• Experience on Global functional role or interfacing with
• Good understanding of key supply chain processes with the focus on Production
• Excellent people management skills
• Proven experience in successful delivery of multi-country roll-out programs

• 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:

• 15 plus years’ experience within a production environment role (direct responsibly) and at least with 3 years at management level proven experience in manufacturing engineering (Preferably Brewery)

Education:

• Bachelor / Master Degree in Engineering or relevant areas including brewing

Language:

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Other language preferred

Job responsibilities:

• Directly leads projects across WE region with robust and simple to execute standards with project learnings and best practices built in including lean and continuous improvement requirements
• Capability building and support COM implementation across region by developing and conducting training across the region
• Communicate the progress and updates on a regular base
• Manages supplier relationships and supplier panel for given discipline and ensure standard adherence with suppliers and regional alignment to group supplier panel
• Realize improvements through CQV and business case outcomes
• Ability to build business case, identify potential for savings within brewery projects and on TCO basis
• Support building relevant group and options through technical knowhow injection to projects and champion usage of must have COM standards
• Collaborative work on innovations with new technologies and support developments when asked for both technical development and to drive consistent development of standards alongside new tech team
• Contributor to engineering and operational COM with specific focus on B&P and Utilities workgroups by defining technology, processes and performance as subject matter expert through COM workgroup across current and new equipment needs
• Conducting and supporting Audits

Stakeholders & Relations Internal & External:

• Internal: Local functional managers, Production Directors, Market ISC VPs, Regional BD&E Director, ISC Group Engineering
• External: Suppliers, external experts in other industries or universities

If you feel that you are ready for such a challenge and that you meet the above requirements, then apply through the link. Application deadline: December 24th,  2024.

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.