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 , 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 , you will work in GSS Development Team. You will be running Lean projects with different organisations inside Arla (within Finance, IT, Procurement, Member Relations, Customer Service etc.). As a part of GSS Development Team, you will also support future growth of our centre.

Specifically, you will:

• Support Lean agenda in GSS Finance e.g. conduct Lean Assessment and develop improvement plan, support problem solving sessions, improve performance management etc.
• Run Lean Academy, train and coach our employees and cooperate with Lean Ambassadors community
• Lead improvement projects for other Arla organisations using Lean and Agile methodologies
• Improve and develop Lean toolbox and ways of working
• Support or lead other projects within GSS Development agenda

Who are you?

You are well organised and outgoing person who is not afraid of facing frequently changing priorities. You like working with people, leading them through Lean journey and helping to achieve business goals.

Furthermore, you have:

•  Knowledge and practical experience of Lean tools and methodologies implementation
•  2+ years of experience in running improvement projects – preferably in SSC/BPO environment (in any of areas: Finance, Procurement, IT, HR, Customer Service etc.)
•  Strong stakeholder management skills since you would be working with various stakeholders
•  Willingness to learn new processes and new business areas
•  Advanced English skill

What do we offer?

For sure, you can expect dynamic and agile working environment, engaged team responsible for running various projects, high independence and opportunities to create and implement own ideas and concepts.

As a company, we offer:

• Friendly atmosphere & comfortable work place (Neptun office in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz)
• Work in an international team & matrix structure
• Trainings with experts & professional induction in a new position
• Development possibilities while taking part in internal projects
• Relocation package
• Medical care & life insurance 
• Additional benefits like gym card, vouchers, travel points or cinema tickets, etc.
• Fruit Wednesdays
• 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 drive innovation and help your colleagues worldwide, then seize this exciting opportunity.

Please apply via this [link].

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.

COVID-19 Notice:

We are busy producing dairy products so we can continue #fillingtheshelves and #feedingthenation. Recruiting talent to Arla thus stays one of our top priorities also during these difficult times. Necessity is the mother of invention, so we have moved to virtual hiring and onboarding processes for most of our recruitments to enable candidates and our recruitment teams to get close while respecting social distancing. If at the final stages of a recruitment, a candidate would prefer to meet in person, we take all the necessary precautions to ensure everyone's safety.