Head of Supply Chain Development

Stora Enso Germany; Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Supply Chain Development to lead a dynamic team in the Packaging Materials division. This pivotal role involves collaborating with various business units to enhance efficiency and service consistency through innovative process and tool development. You will foster a high-performance culture, ensuring that the team meets stakeholder expectations while promoting a positive work environment. Join a company committed to sustainability and professional growth, where your contributions will help shape a nature-positive future.

Qualifikationen

• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence others.
• Proactive decision-making and fast execution in an agile environment.

Aufgaben

• Lead the Supply Chain Development team and manage operational agility.
• Own quality assurance testing practices for operative systems.

Kenntnisse

Leadership Skills

Agility

Analytical Approach

Accountability

Communication Skills

Tools

Fenix

Salesforce

Celonis

Jobbeschreibung

We are now looking for an accountable Head of Supply Chain Development to join our Packaging Materials division's Digitalisation organization. This role is ideally based in one of our customer service locations and reports to the Vice President of Business IT and Digitalisation (Dusseldorf, Warsaw, Helsinki). The role holder will be part of the PM Digitalisation leadership team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Packaging Business Units' supply chain organizations to define process and tool development needs to support the business in improving efficiency and service consistency. You will lead a team of competent supply chain specialists responsible for the end-to-end development of the ecosystem (Fenix, Salesforce, Celonis, etc.). The team's scope includes End User Support, Process Management, and Process and Tool Efficiency.

Be part of a nature-positive future

In this key role, your main responsibilities are to:

1. Lead the Supply Chain Development team by setting clear and aligned targets and priorities. Manage the team in scope of operational agility, backups, development, appraisals, etc.
2. Manage development within an agile framework for Order Fulfillment processes and provide training to enhance know-how for daily operations.
3. Own quality assurance testing practices for operative systems in order fulfillment (e.g., Fenix, Salesforce, Celonis). Share discoveries, solution proposals, and best practices across teams to reduce testing efforts and shorten throughput times.
4. Promote a high-performance culture and stakeholder engagement. Address issues promptly and seek continuous process and outcome improvements.
5. Stay informed about stakeholder needs, understand their priorities and constraints.
6. Maintain service descriptions to meet common business stakeholder needs.
7. Ensure resources with appropriate competencies are available to execute services meeting stakeholder expectations.

About you

We are fostering a positive performance culture and seek candidates embodying our 4As:

Agility: proactive decision-making, fast execution

Analytical Approach: data-driven, fact-based, and diligent follow-up

Accountability: ownership, support, and mutual accountability

Additionally, you should possess strong leadership skills, take ownership, work responsibly towards shared goals, and demonstrate high accountability. Your ability to influence others and foster a culture of compliance and excellence is crucial. You should be capable of establishing collaboration across stakeholder groups with varying priorities, promoting shared goals and values. Excellent communication skills are essential to convey information, ideas, and opportunities clearly to all stakeholders.

What we offer

You will join a diverse working culture that encourages exploring new perspectives and professional growth. You will contribute to a sustainable world, aligning with our strategy of replacing fossil-based materials with renewable and recyclable alternatives. We support your physical and mental wellbeing to keep you safe and motivated.

How to apply for this role

Applications can only be submitted via our recruitment tool. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible, but no later than May 16, 2025.

For more information, please contact the hiring manager, Matti Piepponen, by email.

Our recruitment process may include pre-employment actions such as background checks, reference checks, health assessments, and drug testing.

We believe diversity enhances our competitiveness and decision-making. We actively work to increase workplace diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Stora Enso is an equal opportunity employer committed to nondiscriminatory practices.

The Packaging Materials division is a global leader in circular packaging, providing premium packaging materials based on virgin and recycled fibers. We help customers replace fossil-based materials with low-carbon, renewable, and recyclable alternatives for food, beverage, and transport packaging, with a wide range of baseboards and barrier coatings.

LISEPM

Required Experience: Director

Key Skills: Conveyancing Paralegal, Fireworks, Logistics, Clinical, Avionics

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1