Product Project Manager to Oatly in Malmö

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. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the Oatly brand is available in more than 20 countries globally.


Why work with Oatly?

Are you keen to put your senior project management skillset to work driving a shift to a more sustainable food system? Maybe even have some fun and develop your own skills along the way? Then you’re in the right place. Keep reading and see if it’s a match for both of us. We hope so!

Here’s what you would do:

As a dedicated professional with an interest in sustainability,
you will be connecting operations and innovation.

Key scope in the role is to connect different departments together, to deliver a robust proposal and recommendations on strategic decisions on executive level.
The role is reporting to Global Capex PMO Director and is placed in Malmö.

As a Product Project Manager, you’ll have the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects.

Projects are multifunctional and complex, related to launching new categories of products, or complex NPD launches, from the manufacturing and supply chain scope.

This is a perfect challenge for an experienced project manager within food production and FMCG to get in the game* and support the Oatly Supply Chain strategy, and ultimately, the shift towards a more sustainable food system. Awesome!


Here’s what the role involves:

Owning the full project life cycle, from initiation to monitoring and closing of projects
Providing clear guidance and structure for project participants
Connecting interdependent areas and expertise across Supply Chain field in different projects
Set common goals and deliverables
Handling critical path scheduling and supervision of it
Avoiding/resolving any conflicts
Create buy-in in the organization, from down to top level.

This is the job today - but who knows what tomorrow
brings? Oatly is still growing and so being comfortable with change will really help you grow in the role.

Does this sound like you?

Here’s the kind of experience, qualities, and approach that
we’re looking for in the role:

A minimum of 10 years’ experience in project management from the food industry/FMCG environment
Excellent project management skills with a proven track record in similar type of projects
Broad business knowledge, understanding business triggers and processes
Good balance of technical, financial, and commercial knowledge and experience
Experience of leading cross-functional and cross-company teams.
Strong communication and organizational skills.
Structured with demonstrated knowledge of how to measure success in quantitative as well as qualitative terms.
Self-motivated and willing to take initiatives to secure success.
Comfortable with ambiguity with a track record to secure the process of building something lasting from the ground up.
Experience with clear and concise communication of project metrics, utilizing MS Office (including MS Project).
Education in food technology or correlative relevant field
Experience in food production and FMCG
Fluent in English, oral and written

Also important in the role:

Get in the game
Thinking about the big picture, rather than the job description bullet points, and prioritizing doing things for real rather than creating a perfect plan that never sees the light of day (even it is a very pretty plan).

Listen for clues
Enjoying listening to others’ viewpoints and contemplating, “does this have a seed of greatness?” Or maybe something less grand, but you get the picture. Trying to understand your colleagues!


Your Application

We welcome people from all backgrounds that think sustainability, health and transparency are mega important. So send in that CV, cross your fingers and whisper a little prayer to the powers that be. It will be fun, or at least a good time. Promise!

We look forward to your application no later than Jan 2nd!





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