Team Leader Pre-Project Management
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Job Summary
At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available everywhere; and we protect whats good protecting food protecting people and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of peoples 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.
Project Center Cheese Evaporation & Drying (CED) Europe is seeking a Team Leader Pre-Project Management to lead a geographically dispersed team of Pre-Project Managers across Europe.
This is a highly unique and strategic role offering exceptional visibility and insights across customers competitors and our full solution portfolio. You will operate at the center of our commercial and technical landscape bringing transparency across markets and playing a key role in shaping how we prioritise opportunities structure our offers and position ourselves to win. Working closely with our front-line Sales organisations across Europe you will collaborate extensively with Business Streams who specify and manufacture our products as well as our Supplier Management and Services organisations.
Why this role stands out;
This is not a typical leadership role. It offers unique visibility across customers competitors and our full portfolio giving you real influence over how we shape position and win opportunities across Europe.
Lead and develop a team responsible for delivering pre-project activities and customer quotations across multiple European markets
Own and manage the opportunity pipeline for CED Europe ensuring alignment our governance processes
Partner with sales to prioritise and shape opportunities based on strategic fit risk profile and available capacity
Ensure delivery of competitive compelling customer offers leveraging the full integration of Tetra Paks product portfolio from our Business Streams to maximise customer value and differentiation from competitors
Balance commercial ambition with Project Center and Business stream execution capability ensuring projects are set up for successful delivery (time cost risk)
Collaborate with Supplier Management and installation partners to secure quotations that balance cost competitiveness scope clarity and delivery certainty
Drive robust contractual agreements using standard models to reduce ambiguity manage liabilities and mitigate risk including provisions for unforeseen challenges to protect our delivery teams and profitability from unforeseen challenges
Ensure strong alignment with our Services organisation to support lifecycle value and long-term customer partnerships
Optimise pre-project team resources developing internal capabilities enabling crossproject centre resource sharing and managing external partners
Drive continuous improvement including adoption of AI and digital tools
Strengthen standardisation governance and ways of working across the pre-project space
Proven leadership experience or strong potential for a leadership role with a strong people leadership mindset
Interest in leveraging AI and new technologies with openness to working in an international matrix environment
Experience within pre-sales engineering project delivery solution development or related areas
Strong commercial mindset with excellent sales empathy and the ability to navigate complex customer opportunities
Highly structured with strong prioritisation and decision-making capability
Multilingual with excellent stakeholder management communication and collaboration skills across an international matrix organisation
An inquisitive and forward-thinking mindset ready to challenge conventional ways of working and drive innovation
Expected travel 30% internationally
Drivers license
Whats in it for you
This is acareer-defining opportunity within a dynamic fast-paced international environment and a truly unique position with visibility across markets customers competitors and our full product portfolio.
It is an excellent opportunity todevelop and grow your career in line management sales leadership or portfolio management while gaining deep insight into the complete Tetra Pak portfolio and our competitors particularly across Cheese Evaporation and Powder solutions throughout Europe
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
If you are inspired to be part of our promise to protect whats good; for food people and the planet apply through our careers page at job posting expires on 30.06.2026
If you have any questions about your application please contact Ilona Szőke.
Diversity equity and inclusion is an everyday part of how we work. We give people a place to belong and support to thrive an environment where everyone can be comfortable being themselves and has equal opportunities to grow and succeed. We embrace difference celebrate people for who they are and for the diversity they bring that helps us better understand and connect with our customers and communities worldwide.
About Company
Tetra Pak is the world's leading food processing and packaging solutions company working closely with our customers and suppliers to provide safe food.
