Welcome to Global Shared Services in Gdansk

Arla is a global farmer-owned organisation that is behind many well-known and loved brands, including Arla Apetina®, Castello®, Lurpak® and many, many more.

As a Senior Solution Consultant SAP OtC, you become a part of our Global Shared Services in Gdansk. Here, you won’t find factory machines or farmers. Instead, you will join over 400 colleagues dedicated to supporting all of Arla with IT, HR, financial and procurement operations. Joining us, you will take part in our mission to make a real difference for colleagues near and far.

With over 10 years of existence in Gdansk, we offer you a lot of knowledge and the opportunity to partake in challenging and exciting innovation projects. As a part of the Arla organisation, you will also enjoy a Scandinavian, collaborative work culture. We are all on first name terms with each other, and we truly appreciate diversity and individuality.

About the job

As a Senior Solution Consultant, you will join one of our largest Agile programs called Commercial, which is focused on delivering IT enabled business transformation to our internal Sales, Marketing and Service functions. Together with the rest of the team, you will set the direction and assure process excellence when designing and delivering new solutions for the Commercial area.

We are working very close to the business in Arla in cross-functional Scrum teams where business needs and IT solutions are matched to provide the greatest value to Arla. We are a multi-national, multi-functional and very dedicated team working truly agile according to the SAFe framework.

In your role you will work closely with Arla Business, external vendors, your team mates and colleagues from other teams.

Your primary tasks will be:

• Act as lead consultant in the implementation with responsibility for the delivery according to the architecture designs and solution strategy.
• Use deep business process knowledge and analysis engaging in major initiatives.
• Apply knowledge of SAP SD to improve and enhance the Business Processes within Commercial functions of Arla.
• Lead and influence - influence Business partners to meet objectives.
• Coach and train the team members in the business processes and tools.

Who are you?

• You are an experienced Business Analyst or Solution Consultant within the SAP SD module, with deep understanding and knowledge of Business Processes in the commercial area.
• You have at least 5 years’ SAP experience, preferably in FMCG industry and ideally you have a previous business background.
• You understand architectural concepts, can analyse business requirements and propose solutions in accordance to SAP Best Practice. You can also think “outside of the box”.
• You have hands on experience with customizing and prototyping solutions in SAP and you can write a functional specification for enhancements if required.
• Great if you have some S4/Hana and FSCM experience – it is a “nice to have” competence as well as basic ABAP understanding.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication in English and you can address technical audiences, non-technical audiences, and senior management.
• You enjoy working in teams, often in virtual environment.

What do we offer?

We are a farmer-owned Scandinavian company that values trust, collaboration and initiative. You will therefore have the opportunity to share your own ideas and try new things on your own, and of course you will have plenty of development opportunities.

As a company, we offer:

• Work in an international team & matrix structure 
• Friendly atmosphere & comfortable work place (Neptun office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz) 
• Relocation package
• Medical care & life insurance  
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc. 
• Fruit Wednesdays
• Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position 
• Development possibilities while taking part in internal projects 
• Events, integration, like Summer or Xmas Party, Chill out rooms with Xbox and the best coffee in the office

Application and contact

If you want to be part of our journey and help shape the industry, then seize this exciting opportunity.

Read more about Arla Global Shared Services

Global Shared Services consists of multiple functions that are all placed in the Neptun building in Gdansk – with colourful offices and a beautiful sea view.

As of now, we have an IT Operations and an IT Solutions division dedicated to SAP as well as a variety of app development and implementation projects. Our procurement and finance functions support a wide array of processes such as purchasing, distribution and sales globally.

We also have a dedicated HR operations division to ensure we attract, develop and retain the very best of talent around the world.

Together, we are all dedicated to one collective mission: ensuring an optimal global supply of fresh Arla products – every single day.