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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.
We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.
Digitalization is a cornerstone of our strategy, enabling us to drive our ambitions in growth, productivity, and sustainability. The Digital & Process Performance function serves as the transformation engine driving the upgrade of our digital core. By digitalizing our operations, we aim to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, deliver superior customer experiences, mitigate risks, and ensure business continuity—all while paving the way for next-generation innovations.
The Digital & Process Performance function is organized into key teams to drive transformation effectively. Processes & Applications focuses on modernizing core business processes, while Data & Analytics enables data-driven decision-making. IT Operations ensures reliable and secure IT infrastructure, and the Transformation Management Office drives Huhtamaki wide business transformation initiatives with strategic goals.
We are now looking for a Head of Global Business Platforms to join our team of Process & Applications, Global Business Platforms. This role is located in Espoo, Finland and it reports to the VP, Processes & Applications.
Responsibilities and key activities:
- Maintain and develop the global platform strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Own and manage support delivery models (e.g. ticketing) and related tools, ensuring efficient and effective service delivery
- Oversee release management processes, ensuring timely and successful deployment of platform updates
- Develop and maintain partnerships strategies for global platforms (excluding ERP), fostering strong relationships with key partners
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure seamless integration and optimization of business platforms
- Lead and mentor the global business platforms team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
Requirements for the role:
- Relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree, preferably in IT, Business, or related fields
- Min. 8 years of experience in managing business platforms, with a focus on developing and maintaining platform strategies
- Proven ability to manage support delivery models and oversee release management processes
- Previous experience in Oracle, Epicor and Salesforce as well as Integration platforms is an advantage
- Strong understanding of partnership strategies and relationship management
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with experience in leading cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to align platform strategies with business objectives
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams
- Fluency in English
What's in it for you?
- A meaningful job: At Huhtamaki, we believe in protecting food, people and the planet. Our innovative and transformative solutions touch the daily lives of people everywhere.
- Employees at the center: As part of our 2030 Strategy we are committed to building a high-performance workforce and in doing so strive to be the best workplace for our employees – employees safety and wellbeing is our top priority
- Development opportunities: We care for each other – and want our talent to thrive and develop
- Responsible employer: Sustainability is embedded in everything we do. We believe diverse teams fuel innovation. We invest in fostering an environment where everyone is safe both psychologically and physically and where diversity and inclusion are promoted through day-to-day behaviors, which are reinforced by our policies and practices.
If you have any additional questions regarding this opportunity, you can contact the hiring manager Ismo Anttila (VP, Processes & Applications) via email [email protected].
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply latest by 14th of May 2025.
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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030.
We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com
