IT Adoption Specialist (German Speaker) - Gdansk or Aarhus

Arla Group; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Arla is seeking an IT Adoption Specialist to enable successful IT adoption across a global organization, with a focus on IT & Digital Supply Chain adoption. The role supports dairy sites and business stakeholders in Germany, managing change initiatives and ensuring adoption of new IT systems and processes.

You will collaborate with product teams, lead change strategies, and measure adoption progress to deliver tangible outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience with change management and IT adoption is preferred.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Willingness to travel 4-6 times per year.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement change management strategies, plans, and initiatives to support IT systems, processes and technologies adoption.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate change impacts and risks.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and other support based on the users’ needs.
• Monitor and measure the adoption progress, ensuring timely delivery of change initiatives.
• Provide guidance and support to product teams and stakeholders throughout the change process, addressing any resistance or barriers to change.
• Support IT & Digital Supply Chain Product teams in leading the adoption agenda.

Job description

Are you passionate about driving and enabling successful IT adoption across a global organization? Join us and play a key role in shaping the future of IT & Digital Supply Chain Adoption.

How you will make an impact

As our IT Adoption Specialist, you will be part of the Product Enablement supporting our IT product teams in managing change initiatives, ensuring alignment with our overall business strategy and objectives and making sure our IT solutions are used as intended. Your work will be crucial in supporting the adoption and implementation of new IT systems, processes, and technologies. The role primarily partners closely with dairy sites and business stakeholders across Germany to understand local needs, impacts, and adoption requirements.

Your key responsibilities will include

• Develop and implement change management strategies, plans, and initiatives to support IT systems, processes and technologies adoption.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate change impacts and risks.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and other support based on the users’ needs.
• Monitor and measure the adoption progress, ensuring timely delivery of change initiatives.
• Provide guidance and support to product teams and stakeholders throughout the change process, addressing any resistance or barriers to change.
• Support IT & Digital Supply Chain Product teams in leading the adoption agenda.

What will make you successful

The ideal candidate is passionate about helping people adopt new digital products and ways of working. They are curious about user needs, comfortable working across business and IT, and motivated by turning change activities into measurable adoption outcomes.
Success in the role means that product teams integrate adoption into their plans, impacted users are prepared and supported, adoption barriers are addressed early, and measurable improvements in product usage, behavior, and business outcomes are achieved. Additionally, the candidate has strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable plans and demonstrate exceptional leadership and influencing capabilities to gain buy-in across all levels. Proactivity and adaptable mindset would be an asset.

It is required to have strong written and verbal communication skills both in English and German.

Furthermore, you are willing to travel when needed (4-6 times per year).

What do we offer?

We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. You’ll join a market leader producing nutritious household-favorite brands in a way that makes things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.

As part of our commitment to pay transparency, candidates will receive information about the salary range before their first interview.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with natural, sustainable nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.