Global Technical Design Manager to Oatly

THE OATLY WAY 

Oatly is a company built on the idea of change. Our mission is to help people upgrade their everyday lives and the health of the planet by making tasteful oat-based food products accessible to a wider audience in a world-class manner. It's why we come to work every day. With head office in Malmö and production in Sweden, Netherlands and the US, our products are available in almost 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.  (http://www.oatly.com/) www.oatly.com (http://www.oatly.com)  



THE ROLE 

Our growth is fast - and accelerating. More and more people choose to switch to a plant-based diet for the sake of their health and the planet. We offer you a great opportunity to take an active part in the expansion of a great company with great products. 

Oatly has the culture of a start-up where accelerated international growth requires fast decisions and flexible mind-sets. Decisions are made close to the functions and with the involvement of responsible parties rather than in large management team meetings. The base in science, strong focus on health and sustainability reflects priorities and culture. Creativity and making “the impossible” possible is a key priority for the company and for the people in the team.

If you’re getting a tingly feeling reading this, thinking you want to be part of making sure Oatly can actively making the world a better place, we are happy to tell you that we are looking for a Global Technical Design Manager.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO  

As a Global Technical Design Manager you are a key part of the delivery of a supply network capable of consistently producing safe, efficient and sustainable finished products with operations in all 3 regions (EMEA, APAC, AMER). In this role you will lead a team of engineers to support and enable the business, provide standards and processes and drive through defined central decisions. In order for Oatly to stay competitive you will lead the work to design solutions that are best in class when it comes to safety, sustainability and efficiency. You will also be responsible for the global conceptual and basic design engineering principles covering three areas; process design, packaging and material handling, facility and support systems.

In your role you will:

- Contribute to the technical and functional development of a global Oatly production system together with your team in Global Engineering and peer engineering functions in EMEA, APAC and USA

- Build relations with regional and site engineering and maintenance organizations in order to create a learning platform for technical development; a community in which we share best practice and improve our operations

- Be the first line of contact with innovation for activities such as industrialization of new products or technology development

- Sign-off responsibility for detailed design work in for example our new site expansions

In this role you will be reporting to the VP of Engineering & Automation. The position is based in Landskrona and requires travelling between sites and partners within the entire Oatly network.



WHO YOU ARE 

You have an advanced degree and at least seven years of engineering development within Food, Pharma or Chemical process industry. We are looking for a Global Technical Design Manager that have at least 3 years’ experience leading and supervising teams in a global matrixed setting.

To be successful in this role we believe you have:

- Managed external partners and service providers

- Industrialization experience (new lines as well as modifications to existing)

- Liquid process and packaging knowledge

- Experience from large capex projects and/or research development engineering work

- Strong interest and a good understanding of the FMCG world

- To generally be an awesome person to hang out with

- The ability to take ownership of your work

- Aim for structure but at the same time, you have no problem working in a not so structured environment. Oatly is characterized by strong entrepreneurship, fast pace and lack of hierarchy/bureaucracy

To be the perfect fit for Oatly, we believe that you have a thirst for knowledge and that you are eager to learn more! You are a result driven person with high integrity who can find your way with a hands-on approach, even during rapid change. You have social competence and enjoy working independently as well as together with others. As a Global Technical Design Manager you are of course excellent at communicating, both verbally and written, in English and and possibly in Swedish as well.

Finally, we hope that you share our values and have a great interest to carry out our mission in order to make the world a little bit better. 

COME JOIN US 

We welcome people from all backgrounds who see sustainability and health as important values. If you have the curiosity, passion and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s do this together! It will be fun!  Promise! 

Apply for the position no later than 202-04-29.