Senior FREM Business Partner

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people´´ lives every day.

And we need people like you to make it happen.

We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to make an impact to be proud of – for food, people and the planet.

Job Summary

Would you like to be a strong strategic Senior FREM Business Partner to Tetra Pak EMEA covering also South Europe area?

Facility & Real Estate Management (FREM) is a global function at Tetra Pak, responsible for delivering the highest quality of our Integrated Facility Services(IFS), Real Estate/Workplace (WEX/RE) and Site Sustainability (SS). The aim is to provide seamless, safe, inspirational, and efficient workplaces and services created and managed in the most sustainable way possible that reflect the Tetra Pak brand.

The purpose of this position is to ensure strategic business partnering to deliver OneFREM business support to Tetra Pak operational business units within the FREM Integrated Facility Solutions (IFS) area.

The Senior FREM Business Partner is responsible for managing EMEA regional & South Europe area business partnering & coordination. Key result areas include business stakeholder satisfaction, EMEA regional IFS budget control & reporting, Regional collaborator partnering, operational reporting to production Business leadership EMEA, regional issue & escalation resolution, project budget scoping & execution, operational excellence & cost optimization, standardization, compliance & quality, innovation, sustainability & service experience.

The area of responsibility is managed in close cooperation with our strategic facility service partners towards internal stakeholders on both tactical and strategic level to ensure high quality and innovative and efficient service experience solutions.

This position will ideally be based primarily in Modena, Italy or within reasonable commuting distance of these locations. You will report to the Director of Integrated Facility Solutions who is based in Sweden but operates globally. You will be accountable for the 5 Business partners areas, including own geography from a financial perspective reporting to the IFS Director. You will manage operational reporting to EMEA Key Stakeholders covering all 5 areas including own geography.

You will be travelling up to a maximum of 10-15 % of the time across the geographical area of responsibility and occasional Global travel.

What you will do

• Strategic One FREM business partnering to support and guide key stakeholders continuously ensuring value adding solutions.
• Strengthen the integration of external strategic partners towards business stakeholders supporting the OneFREM strategy and IFS service outcomes.
• Ensure alignment across the 3 functions in FREM (WEX/RE, Site sustainability & IFS) towards Key Tetra Pak stakeholders ensuring holistic cross functional reporting. Be first point of contact for stakeholders.
• Secure & mature the collaborative contract model, manage and develop strategic relations ensuring key outcomes and accountability.
• Responsible for IFS related projects, delivered by external partners within geographical scope. Interfacing with internal stakeholders in the initial scoping and project delivery phases and continuously aligning with FREM global IFS Project portfolio manager.
• Ensure best in class service excellence deliveries, drive quality and continuous improvement of FREM service outcomes. Drive improved value and costs efficiency of FREM services through demand, sourcing and service management in cooperation with external partners.
• Manage and deliver on all IFS related cost within EMEA Region and South Europe area in line with forecasting & budget.
• Drive sustainable cost saving initiatives, innovative quality improvements and simplification strategies with external collaborators.

We believe you have

• You have 10 - 15 years - broad and extensive Facility Management experience across a group of company support functions or multiple countries/businesses globally.
• You are a strong & strategic relationship builder both internally and externally and master strategic communication in a complex organizational structure.
• You have proven leadership/Business Partner experience, preferably within the Facility management area with executive stakeholder communication experience.
• You have change management experience with focus on Facility Management, implementing and managing FM service excellence (as transformational change is a merit).
• You have demonstrated strong analytical skills and proven financial/commercial understanding in a Facility Management context, including OPEX/CAPEX portfolio structure.
• You have a relevant university education preferably in Engineering, Architecture, Construction or equivalent business related field.
• You are agile, flexible, and professional in business approach and you show a dynamic, productive, and capable behaviour in the overall performance.

To be successful in this role you need to need to have a solution-oriented approach excel in stakeholder management, external FM partnering and communication, all in a collaborative and professional manner in accordance with Tetra Pak policy, strategy and the targets within the Facility, Real Estate /Workplace and Sustainability.

You would need to be a change agent that can operate in a complex matrix environment as well as to be a structured and pragmatic person.

Service orientation and communication is paramount for this position, so you are a customer centric person with a strong drive for results.

Excellent command of English is a must, both written and verbal.

We Offer You

• A variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape.
• A culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our industry experts drive visible results.
• An equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion.
• Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements.

Apply Now

If you are inspired to be part of our promise to protect what’s good; for food, people, and the planet, apply through our careers page at https://jobs.tetrapak.com/.

This job posting expires on 11th January

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