Digital Manager Agriculture France

McCain Foods Limited; Harnes; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

McCain Foods Limited in France seeks a Digital Manager Agriculture to drive the EMENA digital roadmap across Agriculture, Agronomy, Contracting, and Supply Chain. You will lead digital transformation initiatives and partner with Global Digital, IT, and external partners to deliver high-value solutions.

The role requires forming a strategic, cross-functional plan, managing stakeholders in a matrix organization, and driving adoption of AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of agricultural sourcing, contracting processes, crop planning, and grower relationship management.
• Proven experience managing complex cross-functional projects in an international environment.
• Knowledge of digital platforms, analytics solutions, automation tools, data-driven decision making, and emerging technologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience collaborating with digital, technology, and IT teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent English and French, both written and spoken.

Responsabilités

• Own and drive the EMENA Agriculture digital roadmap, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and global digital strategies.
• Lead the delivery of digital transformation initiatives across Agriculture, Agronomy, Contracting, and Supply Chain functions.
• Partner with business leaders, Global Digital teams, IT, and external partners to identify and implement high-value digital solutions.
• Translate operational challenges into scalable digital opportunities that improve efficiency, planning, and decision-making.
• Drive the adoption of AI-enabled solutions to enhance grower engagement, operational effectiveness, and business performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional and international stakeholders to successfully execute complex projects and programs.
• Monitor project performance, user adoption, and value realization through KPIs and success metrics.
• Support and lead change management activities, including communication, training, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify emerging technologies, innovation trends, and best practices to continuously improve business processes and capabilities.
• Act as the key digital partner for France while helping scale successful solutions across the broader EMENA region.

Description du poste

About the role.

As Digital Manager Agriculture, you will play a critical role in McCain's digital transformation journey across EMENA. You will work at the intersection of Agriculture, Agronomy, Supply Chain, Data, and Digital functions to drive initiatives that enhance operational performance, improve decision-making, and create measurable business value.

This role combines strategic thinking, project leadership, stakeholder engagement, and change management to accelerate the adoption of digital and AI-enabled solutions across our agricultural sourcing organization.

What you'll be doing.

• Own and drive the EMENA Agriculture digital roadmap, ensuring alignment with regional priorities, local business needs, and global digital strategies.
• Lead the delivery of digital transformation initiatives across Agriculture, Agronomy, Contracting, and Supply Chain functions.
• Partner with business leaders, Global Digital teams, IT, and external partners to identify and implement high-value digital solutions.
• Translate operational challenges into scalable digital opportunities that improve efficiency, planning, and decision-making.
• Drive the adoption of AI-enabled solutions to enhance grower engagement, operational effectiveness, and business performance.
• Coordinate cross-functional and international stakeholders to successfully execute complex projects and programs.
• Monitor project performance, user adoption, and value realization through relevant KPIs and success metrics.
• Support and lead change management activities, including communication, training, onboarding, and stakeholder engagement.
• Identify emerging technologies, innovation trends, and best practices to continuously improve business processes and capabilities.
• Act as the key digital partner for France while helping scale successful solutions across the broader EMENA region.

What you'll need to be successful.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Digital Agriculture, Business Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading digital transformation initiatives within agriculture, agri-food, supply chain, or related industries.
• Strong understanding of agricultural sourcing, contracting processes, crop planning, and grower relationship management.
• Proven experience managing complex cross-functional projects in an international environment.
• Knowledge of digital platforms, analytics solutions, automation tools, data-driven decision making, and emerging technologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience collaborating with digital, technology, and IT teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent English and French, both written and spoken.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change, build engagement, and drive adoption of new ways of working.
• Curiosity for innovation, digital trends, and Artificial Intelligence applications.

About the team.

You will join the Agriculture SCA & Data organization and report directly to the Director SCA & Data. This highly collaborative role connects multiple functions across the EMENA region, including Agriculture, Agronomy, Contracting, Supply Chain, Global Digital, Data, and IT teams.

While the position has no direct reports, it requires leading and influencing a broad network of stakeholders within a matrix organization. You will work closely with regional leadership teams, field representatives, growers, technology vendors, and global partners to deliver strategic transformation initiatives and create lasting business value.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

For this role, we are particularly looking for individuals who:

• Act as Owner by taking initiative, driving clarity, and working across boundaries.
• Think Big and Plan Ahead by challenging the status quo, embracing innovation, and scaling successful ideas.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Agriculture

Division: Continental Europe

Department: SCA and Data

Location(s): FR - France : Pas-de-Calais : Harnes || FR - France : Nord : Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Company: McCain Alimentaire SAS