Senior Project Manager

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 innovation center In Lund and Landskrona, and production in Sweden, Netherlands, China, Singapore and the US, our products are available in almost 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.



Why work with Oatly? 

This is an opportunity to join the Technical Product Management (TPM) team at Oatly, working in a dynamic and collaborative environment. The TPM team takes care of our existing product portfolio and drives continuous improvement of our oat base process, products and packaging. You will have a key role in Oatly’s journey ahead as Senior Project Manager within TPM, with a focus to lead regional projects related to the European portfolio and production sites, as well as complex global and transversal projects in collaboration with all three regions across the globe.

You will be the driving force in the projects, keeping a holistic mindset, cooperating with different stakeholders across the company to provide your project teams with what they need to deliver great results. Your work will have a direct impact on the product portfolio of one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable companies. A humble but result-hungry culture and speedy growth will make it an interesting and rewarding journey.

To succeed in the role, we believe you have a coaching leadership style, delivering results effectively, while being an inspirational teambuilder with passion for food and sustainability.

Here’s what you would do,


- Lead projects related to our existing portfolio of oat bases, products, and packaging

- Be responsible for regional projects with focus on the European portfolio as well as global and transversal projects related to all regions

- Lead the project teams to deliver on the scope, goals, and timelines

- Work with an agile approach and the structure needed

- Create and nurture the psychological safety in the project teams to empower creativity and enable collective intelligence to overcome challenges and find great solutions

- Work in close collaboration with other functions, sites and markets

- Travel to different productions sites, partners, and markets



Are you the Oatsome person we are looking for? 

To thrive and be happy in this role, we believe that you have the following qualifications and experiences:


- Master of Science within food engineering or other relevant field

- At least ten years’ experience from project management, including complex projects and programs with different stakeholders

- At least five years’ experience from product or process development within the food or biotechnology industry

- Experience in leading cross-functional teams

- Strong skills in communication and stakeholder management

- Fluent in English (oral and written)

In our minds, you are a warm, curious and brave leader, who is always open to new ways of thinking and leading. You are well grounded, both as a person and in your role with little focus on prestige. You are business oriented and have a talent in analyzing situations with respect to the overall impact for the business. You enjoy networking both internally and externally.

To sum up, you drive change and development with enthusiasm and heart, creating a safe and allowing environment in your teams and surroundings.

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

This role is placed at our headquarters in Malmö, but will require frequent travel to our different production sites, markets, and partners.


YOUR APPLICATION

We value diversity and inclusion and welcome people from all backgrounds who see sustainability and health as important values. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Please apply no later than April 11th.

We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested, please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there. This will ensure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone!



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