IT Project Manager

Are you passionate about IT Project Management? Are you able to balance project management structure with business agility? Do the dynamics of an international growing company appeal to you and do you want to be part of this journey?

Our team 
Our head office in Rotterdam is a lively environment where we work with about 150 people and about 30 different nationalities. Our Group IT function is a team of about 50 colleagues. We support the business functions in their IT needs, from internally hosted and supported applications to cloud applications integrated in our network. We work together as one with our business unit IT teams to provide an integrated IT service catalogue. As we believe in customer centricity, our Business Unit IT teams are based in the countries we do business in. Due to our growth, and the importance of the projects we are looking for our new:

IT Project Manager

The Group IT function consists of several teams. As project manager you are part of the IT Portfolio and Project Management team and are a direct report to the head of this team. One of the interesting parts of this role is that you have the entire responsibility and, in a sense, ‘own the project’ from an IT perspective; from the earliest concept to the implementation.   

Our application landscape is predominantly SAP. Most of our business change initiatives require SAP expertise to define and implement changes. Our project managers are not expected to be specialists in SAP. However, it is important to have a general understanding of SAP, and you need to be interested to further develop your knowledge of SAP. 

Your role
 

• You are a project manager and responsible for one or more challenging IT projects;
• You can manage a (large) project team with interdisciplinary expertise and languages (20-100 FTE);
• You are responsible for the project charter, project results and you manage project scope, expectations and governance;
• You are responsible for the projects from the idea, concept phase, up to the final implementation phase;
• You are the first point of contact for the principals (budget owners) and pro-actively give your advice;
• You can communicate, advise and align with (C-level) stakeholders on the scope, approach, planning and resourcing of a project;
• You can grasp the business requirements and channel them into a project charter;
• You can communicate and align on work packages with (external) experts, and service providers.

Your profile

• You have a Bachelor or Master degree in IT, Engineering & Technology, Business Economics / Administration, or other relevant study;
• You have at least 5 years of working experience as a project manager managing large interdisciplinary teams (20-100 FTE) in different geographies and languages;  
• You have experience at working with senior management;
• You have strong knowledge of SAP and have an interest to develop this knowledge further;
• You are entrepreneurial, have strong communications and people management skills and love a challenge;
• You flourish in a dynamic, fast paced and continuously changing environment;
• You are agile, adaptable, able to think outside the box and able to find solutions for various challenges;
• You have an excellent command of the English language (both in speech as in writing) and command two additional European languages.

Are you interested and open for this opportunity? Apply online or contact us directly!

About Refresco 
Refresco is a very dynamic organization. Have a look and feel it!
With about 150 people at the head office in Rotterdam and more than 14,500 employees elsewhere in the world, we confirm that the local Business Unit teams have a large sense of ownership for their local business, whilst they do this in close collaboration with the group functions.  
The desire to continue growing is reflected across every layer of the organization. This translates into an extremely enterprising group of people who are constantly setting new things in motion and really want to make an impact. A focus on personal growth and development is a priority at Refresco. Refresco is a dynamic, ever growing and changing business which shows fast and strong organic growth, further fuelled by an active and successful strategy on Mergers & Acquisitions. 
Refresco Group is the world’s largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices for retailers and branded beverage companies. With production in the Benelux, Finland, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Poland, the UK, the US, Australia, Canada and Mexico, our global sourcing and local R&D capabilities offer an almost unlimited variety of products, manufactured to customer specifications and requirements. In addition to the efficiency of our bottling processes, we can also provide our customers with total supply chain solutions – from planning and sourcing of raw materials and packaging through to warehousing and transportation. We are able to develop new concepts and bring these to market in an extremely short time frame. Refresco Group is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Recruitment process

Are you interested in this open position, feel free to send your application!

In case of any questions with regards to the position, you may reach out to Yasimin Harput (Corporate Recruiter Group/HQ)

Mobile: +31622910406
E-mail: yasimin.harput@refresco.com