Sr Manager Supply Chain Development Nordics

Haugen-Gruppen is one of the strongest grocery companies in the Nordics that market and sell their own and internationally well-known and strong brands to enrich the food culture in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland with international tastes and trends. The company ambition is to be a leader in introducing and developing exciting brands for both the grocery market, restaurant and large households always striving for market leadership in all categories in which they operate.

Historically the different Haugen-Gruppen country organisations, and especially the supply chain organisations, have been working isolated in their respective markets. Over the last years a Nordic Supply Chain function has been established with the mission to drive the overall development, further strengthening the customer offering and create a competitive edge. It has been a successful development where the maturity has been improved rapidly in several key areas, however there is still much potential to be realized and identified.

So if you are someone with high ambitions, striving for perfection and longing for a role where you can make a difference, this might be just what you have been looking for.

As the new Senior Manager Supply Chain Development, you will have a vital role in the continuous development, enabling Haugen-Gruppen to grow in existing and new markets.

The role is part of the group Supply Chain Management team, working closely with the key relationships in all markets as well as principals and customers. It reports to the Chief Supply Chain Officer and is based in Copenhagen/Malmö. You will be travelling regularly to the other sites.

 About the role

In this role you will focus on the Nordic supply chain agenda on a strategic and tactical level. Together with the CSCO you will have part in defining the supply chain journey and responsible for heading and executing projects within pre-defined focus areas.

The development role covers end-to-end supply chain and spans all the way from Strategic footprint projects and collaboration with principals to optimisation of delivery service and scrap. Since the current Supply Chain organisation to a large extent is bound up in operational tasks this role is crucial to achieve success.

It is furthermore of vital importance to utilize the competence and human capital within the group in the Supply Chain area to use its competence in the most efficient way in the Nordics. With the established governance of ONE Nordic Supply Chain you will keep developing the setup, ways of working as one organisation and best practice as well as facilitating centre of excellence forums to boost the organisation and competence build up.

Key responsibilities:

• Together with the Chief Supply Chain Officer set the long-term strategy and roadmap for the Nordic Supply Chain setup to optimize service levels, costs and capital tye up.
• Lead the supply chain development agenda for the group and establish processes and frameworks that enhances collaboration across the Nordics, incl. centre of excellence framework.
• Drive various cross country/functional projects.
• Further develop KPI-model for supply chain performance management including KPIs focusing on sustainability together with the new head of Quality and Sustainability.
• Drive business improvement through continuously reducing the logistics cost structure and improving forecast accuracy, inventory control and environmental impact from the value chain.
• Secure a future best in class Supply Chain through internal and external benchmarking and strengthen the continuous improvement culture in the organisation
• Together with CFO and CSCO continuously investigate opportunities for digital solutions for Supply Chain.

Profile description

We see that the ideal candidate has significant experience from a company renowned for best practice within supply chain management. Preferably from the FMCG-industry, or other comparable industries, where the candidate has worked with development of supply chain in a cross-market setup with approximately the same size and complexity. Further, having led transformations or developments of supply chain setups is considered a clear advantage and directly transferable to this role at Haugen-Gruppen. While hands-on experience with supply chain management is of utmost importance it will be even better if it arrives in combination with some years of supply chain consulting experience.

Ideal experience for this role:

• Relevant academic background, preferably Master’s degree.
• 5+ years of FMCG experience.
• 5+ years of supply chain management experience.
• Strong project management skills.
• Optimization and change management experience.
• International experience working across multiple geographies in supply chain roles.
• Fluency in English and one Scandinavian language is required.

As a person we see that you are:

• Hands-on approach, a self-starter who is not afraid to put in work where needed and thrives in entrepreneurial settings.
• Strong communicator with ability to connect with people on all levels of the organization, independent of background. High energy level and inspires others.
• Ambitious, sets high targets for self and team.
• Professional ways of working. Role model to the supply chain organization.

About Haugen Gruppen

Haugen-Gruppen is the leading importer, marketer and distributor of international high-quality brands within the food industry in the Nordics. The group also has a growing share of own brands, with a strategy to further develop this category. The current structure of the group is country-based organizations in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland with full facilities in all countries, and a lean, Nordic office.

Haugen-Gruppen was founded more than 100 years ago. Genuine passion and curiosity for food and beverage has led the company to work with brands from all over the world. The company currently has a strong presence in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland and supplies supermarkets, service stations, canteens, cafes, gourmet restaurants across the Nordics. The group is known to build strong categories and develop new concepts.

Today, Haugen-Gruppen is a leading Nordic supplier with a total of SEK 3,7 billion in revenue. The Group’s mission is to be a leading and preferred supplier in all operating categories with focus on branded products of high quality.

Application for the job

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