MES Programme Director: Lead Factory IT Transformation

Danish Crown A/S; Randers; On-site; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Danish Crown is seeking a Programme Director to take overall responsibility for our MES programme across production sites, guiding the transformation from platform selection through implementation. You will align business strategy, IT roadmaps and operations, delivering value through standardisation and improved manufacturing performance.

You will lead governance, vendor selection, and stakeholder alignment, collaborating with business leaders, IT teams and partners to ensure successful

Qualifications

• Experienced programme leader with a proven track record delivering large and complex IT programmes.
• Strong knowledge of MES, OT and system integration is preferred.
• Ability to manage stakeholders across multiple organisational levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MES programme from planning to implementation.
• Take overall responsibility for scope, timelines, budget and delivery.
• Drive governance, stakeholder management and programme execution.
• Lead collaboration with business leaders, IT teams, vendors and implementation partners.
• Ensure successful system integration, data migration and testing.
• Drive change management across production sites and business units.
• Support process standardisation and optimisation.

Skills

Strategic programme management

Large-scale IT programmes

MES implementations

Factory IT experience

Vendor management

Data migration

Change management

System integration

Stakeholder management

Tools

MES

OT systems

System integration tooling

Job description

Danish Crown is seeking a Programme Director to take overall responsibility for our MES programme across production sites, guiding the transformation from platform selection through implementation. You will align business strategy, IT roadmaps and operations, delivering value through standardisation and improved manufacturing performance.

You will lead governance, vendor selection, and stakeholder alignment, collaborating with business leaders, IT teams and partners to ensure successful