Job Description & How to Apply Below
Today, Barilla is an international group present in more than 100 countries and we are proud to be recognized as the world’s top food company by reputation. With 22 beloved brands in our portfolio, we are world leader for pasta, the number one choice for ready-made sauces in Europe, leader for bakery products in Italy, and for crispbread across Scandinavia with Wasa.
Our success story is written by a passionate team of almost 9,000 dedicated employees across 30 plants and offices worldwide, all united by a shared mission to nourish the future with purpose and passion.
Are you ready to add your unique flavor to our journey?
Job description
For our IT team, we are looking for an IT Manufacturing & Purchasing Associate Manager, within the Manufacturing, Purchasing and Product Data unit. The role reports to the Manufacturing, Purchasing & Product Data Associate Director and it is based in our headquarters in Parma.
Job purpose
The role is responsible for designing the solutions and managing the execution of the assigned projects; s/he will monitor the status of initiatives and activities while maintaining status reports and adherence to the IT governance model, will ensure the commitment of the whole project team (internal/external resources), and ensure a high standard of solution quality. The person in this role will work closely with Business Partners (Global and Regional), IT Infrastructure, Architecture & Cybersecurity, and all IT colleagues, ensuring the proper application of the company’s ‘security by design’ guidelines.
S/he will anticipate risks and proactively inform the relevant manager/stakeholders on issues and timing changes.
Key accountabilities
Define and maintain project plans and activity schedules; manage efficiently and effectively the internal and external resources dedicated/involved in the project
Allocate resources to the required activities, executing periodic checks on progress and periodically perform control activities, keeping business stakeholders and the Steering Committee updated, proactively highlighting possible risks/issues and implementing the defined actions in order to manage risks
Apply her/his expertise to design innovative solutions whenever required or to leverage existing technologies to obtain new solutions, according to a cost/benefit evaluation
Maintain effective relationships with Process Owners, Key Users and other Business Stakeholders, manage the meeting calendars, guarantee that the requested documentation (project and cross-project) is delivered as established for the different project execution phases, check the quality of intermediate results/deliverables, in order to be aligned with the business needs and the IT standards
Promote communication, good relationship and commitment within the project team Participate in evaluating requests for process improvements in the project scope areas, executing in-depth analysis of the requests with the process owners according to the guidelines shared with the manager
Ensure that the defined solutions fit to the requirements, considering possible evolutions and synergies with other requests in the area of competence or in other areas
Ensure the Application Maintenance team involvement to perform the proper project handover
Give support to teams in consulting and mentoring on methodology and deal with exceptions
Monitor project economics status, in order to be in line with the planned costs and to highlight possible deviations
Ensure that the project implementations are coherent with IT Governance in all phases, from initial approval to follow-up and final user acceptance.
Requirements Master's degree in Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent3+ years of experience in system integration consulting companies and/or IT departments of multinational companies, performing solution design, system configuration and testing, project management
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Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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