Product Data Manager

The Oatly Way

Oatly is a company built on the idea of change. We exist to make it easy for people to eat better and live healthier lives without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process. This is why we come to work every day. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the Oatly brand is available in more than 20 countries globally.



THE ROLE

Is your passion to make people work better and faster together through product data accuracy and availability? Are you thrilled by the idea of developing new ways of working in a fast-growing organization? Can you understand and explain both sides of product data processes/ways of working and system requirements? We need you.

As our Product Data Manager, you will be responsible for building, managing, and continuously developing how we work with product data during the life cycle of a product to ensure that data is updated, relevant and of high quality. You will act as the partner to the digital product owner and by gathering and coordinating business requirements from all relevant stakeholders you will ensure that Oatly develops the appropriate digital tools. To do this, you bring your own solid experience from data management in all phases of product development in food industry, from idea to product maintenance throughout the lifetime of the product.

To meet the Oatly need, you will collaborate closely with all three regional Product Development teams (US, EMEA and APAC) as well as with your colleagues in other global support functions such as Sustainability and Quality. You will be responsible for the product data model and for driving data management principles and data ownership. Digital product data management is in the startup phase at Oatly, so having previous experience from product development digitalization and digital product data management is a distinct advantage. In this role, you will also act as a close partner to Business Technology who are the digital product owners and responsible for the overall enterprise architecture.

This is a position with many interfaces -you will lead & coordinate in a cross-functional, cross-regional network of highly motivated people. The first year, a lot of focus will be on developing and agreeing on a product specification framework, on driving and implementing data ownership and on implementing the current PDM tool. In parallel you will be setting the vision and gathering the requirement for next generation data management, which we believe may be a PLM solution. Your home base will be the PD Excellence team, a new team started in 2022 as responsible for global product development support.

In Your Role Your Focus Will be to

- Create data management principles/processes and lead continuous improvement of them.

- Plan and execute the change management needed to implement an improvement or/and a new solution, including training of the organization.

- Be a global Product Development business partner to the digitalization team ensuring alignment between the business and Business Technology (IT). Specifically, you will be the global owner of the Product Development business requirements towards the PLM and ERP systems.

- Be part of product data solutions architecture planning across Oatly.

- Support the development and improvement of data flows to and from connecting processes, such as “Industrialization” and “Technology Development”.

The position is currently placed in Malmö.

Who You Are

Besides your analytical, communication and organizational skills we also believe that you have an eye for details and are a structured, problem-solving kind of person. You are an outspoken team-player, self-propelling and with a positive mindset. You are familiar with all phases of project management, enjoys working with people of diverse backgrounds. Finally, you are passionate about and very experienced in how to improve product data accuracy and availability in a creative and innovative way.

We Also Believe That You Have

- A relevant university degree: we believe you are a food engineer or chemical engineer.

- Experience from Food Industry, working in a similar role.

- Good understanding of product information models and product information control

- Knowledge of PLM & ERP systems, related project methodologies and way of working

- Good knowledge in and a true passion for Change Management

- Experience from facilitating workshops

- Excellent stakeholder management skills

- Excellent communication skills

In PD excellence we network and collaborate across the regions, so your communication skills in English must be excellent, both verbally and in writing. Swedish skills are an advantage but not a must.

YOUR APPLICATION
Please apply for the position no later than the 14’th of June, 2022.

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!



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