Lead, Sustainable Packaging Transformation

Danish Crown A/S; Denmark; Remote; DKK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Danish Crown in Denmark is seeking a Project Manager for Sustainable Packaging to translate EU regulations into enterprise-wide actions and drive alignment across procurement, packaging development, quality, operations, commercial and IT.

You will lead cross-functional packaging projects, develop governance, and build scalable playbooks while engaging suppliers and partners to scale innovative solutions across the integrated company.

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant university degree within business, engineering, supply chain, food science, sustainability or a related field.
• Have experience leading projects or programmes in a complex international organisation undergoing transformation.
• Bring experience from sustainability, procurement, packaging, supply chain, operations, quality or enterprise transformation.
• Have strong analytical capabilities and are comfortable developing business cases and decision material.
• Communicate effectively with specialists, operational stakeholders, leaders and executives alike.
• Speak and write English fluently.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional packaging projects from concept through implementation across Danish Crown.
• Translate EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) requirements into common business requirements, standards and action plans.
• Build alignment across functions, markets and stakeholder groups, enabling shared priorities and enterprise-wide solutions.
• Prepare clear decision material and recommendations for management and steering committees.
• Drive analyses, business cases and impact assessments related to compliance, cost and packaging performance from an enterprise-wide perspective.
• Act as Business Product Owner for common packaging-related systems, data structures and reporting solutions.
• Engage suppliers and external partners to identify emerging technologies and innovative solutions.
• Develop common playbooks, governance frameworks and capabilities that enable consistent and scalable implementation across Danish Crown.

Skills

Project leadership

Sustainability experience

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Change management

Education

University degree in business, engineering, supply chain, food science, sustainability or related field

Job description

Danish Crown in Denmark is seeking a Project Manager for Sustainable Packaging to translate EU regulations into enterprise-wide actions and drive alignment across procurement, packaging development, quality, operations, commercial and IT.

You will lead cross-functional packaging projects, develop governance, and build scalable playbooks while engaging suppliers and partners to scale innovative solutions across the integrated company.