Strategy & Project Manager Europe

Strategy & Project Manager Erope

Or story goes back more than 15 years. From or early sccess in Sweden and Denmark, we've grown into the world's leading specialist prodcer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4, people across the globe. We work with or cstomers to make the prodcts yo love even better. The oils we prodce go into making yor chocolate extra-creamy or ptting the crnch into yor croissant. And it's not jst food - we work across indstries to make prodcts that are higher qality, healthier and better for the planet.

Everything we do is abot Making Better Happen™.

AAK Locations
This position is based in Malmö, Karlshamn or Zaandijk.

Abot the role
As Strategy & Project Manager, yo will work on strategic projects that spport the contined growth and development of AAK Erope. Yo will take projects from analysis and problem definition throgh to recommendations and implementation, working closely with stakeholders across the bsiness.

The role offers broad exposre to the Eropean bsiness and the opportnity to work across fnctions inclding Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT and M&A. Yo will help bring strctre to complex bsiness qestions, trn strategic priorities into concrete actions and ensre that important initiatives move forward.

Reporting to the Strategy & Projects Director Erope, yo will work closely with the Eropean Leadership Team and other key stakeholders across AAK. This is a hands-on role with the opportnity to make a tangible impact while developing yor strategic and project leadership experience.

Responsibilities
Yo will lead strategic and cross-fnctional projects from problem definition and analysis throgh to implementation and follow-p. This incldes strctring complex bsiness qestions, developing bsiness cases and recommendations, analysing data and identifying opportnities to improve bsiness performance.

Yo will work with stakeholders across Commercial, Operations, Finance, IT, M&A and global fnctions to bild alignment and drive projects forward. Yo will also prepare clear materials for leadership meetings and steering committees, while tracking project progress and ensring initiatives deliver against agreed objectives.
Yor responsibilities will inclde:

- Leading strategic and cross-fnctional projects across AAK Erope.
- Developing bsiness cases, financial analyses and decision materials.
- Trning complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Managing stakeholders, priorities, risks and project delivery.
- Tracking progress and otcomes to ensre projects deliver measrable impact.

Abot yo
We are looking for a crios and commercially minded professional who enjoys solving complex bsiness qestions and trning ideas into action.
Yo have 5-7 years of experience, ideally from management conslting, strategy conslting or a similar strategic role. Experience from the food indstry, FMCG, consmer goods or a related indstry is highly preferred.

Yo have experience working on strategic or cross-fnctional projects and are comfortable strctring complex problems, analysing information and developing clear recommendations. Yo have a good commercial nderstanding and are comfortable working with bsiness cases, financial analysis, opportnities and risks.

Yo enjoy working with different stakeholders and can commnicate complex topics clearly, whether in a leadership presentation or in day-to-day project discssions. Yo are strctred and hands-on, able to manage mltiple priorities while keeping projects moving forward.

A relevant niversity degree, for example in Bsiness Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field, is expected.
Yo are comfortable moving between the bigger pictre and the details. Yo know how to ask the right qestions, bring strctre to a problem and work with others to move things forward. Yo are crios, pragmatic and collaborative, with a strong sense of ownership and an interest in nderstanding how bsinesses work and creating tangible impact.

In retrn, AAK offers
The opportnity to work on strategic projects with broad impact across AAK Erope, with exposre to senior stakeholders and different parts of an international bsiness. Yo will work across 5+ contries and collaborate with colleages across fnctions and markets, while developing yor strategic, commercial and project leadership skills.
Yo will also have the opportnity to contribte to AAK's contined growth, transformation and sstainability jorney in an inclsive workplace where different perspectives and experiences are valed.

Abot AAK
Everything AAK does is abot Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the vale-adding ingredients in many of the prodcts people love to consme. We make these prodcts better tasting, healthier, and more sstainable. At the heart of AAK's offer is Cstomer Co-Development, combining or desire to nderstand what better means for each cstomer, with the niqe flexibility of or prodction assets, and deep knowledge of many prodcts and indstries, inclding Chocolate and confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Ntrition, Foodservice and Personal Care.

Or 4, employees spport or close collaboration with cstomers throgh 5 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Cstomer Innovation Centers, and the spport of more than prodction facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with or headqarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen™ for more than 15 years.
AAK is committed to providing an inclsive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and given eqal opportnities, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, sexal orientation or other protected characteristics.

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