Global OpEx Deployment Lead

Global OpEx Deployment Lead
Our story goesback more than 150 years to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From ourearly success in Sweden and Denmark weve grown into the worlds leadingspecialist producer of plant-based oils employing more than 4000 people acrossthe globe.

We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oilswe produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunchinto your croissant. And its not just food we work across industries to makeproducts that are higher quality healthier and better for the planet.

Everything we do is about Making Better Happen.

AAK Locations
This position is based in one ofour locations: Zaandijk (NL) Jundiaí (BR) Zhangjiagang (CN) Aarhus (DK)Karlshamn (SE) Louisville (US) OR Hull (GB)

About the role
Are you passionateabout driving transformation and building a culture of continuous improvementAs Global Operational Excellence Deployment Lead you will play a key role inbringing AAKs Operational Excellence vision to life across our global manufacturingnetwork and value chain functions. Acting as the bridge between strategy andexecution you will help embed sustainable ways of working that delivermeasurable business results and lasting capability growth.
Partnering withleaders and teams across Operations Supply Chain Maintenance QualityEngineering Procurement Commercial R&D and Go-to-Market functions youwill coach challenge and inspire the organization to strengthenproblem-solving capabilities improve performance and drive meaningfulsustainable change.

Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment and embedding of AAKs global Operational Excellence roadmap across assigned production sites and value chain functions ensuring consistent adoption of OWOW and OWOZ frameworks standards and ways of working.
- Develop and execute maturity-based deployment roadmaps aligned with site readiness and business priorities conducting capability assessments identifying gaps and co-creating improvement plans with site and functional leaders.
- Provide coaching facilitation and capability building to leaders across Operations Supply Chain Maintenance Quality Engineering Procurement Commercial R&D and Go-to-Market functions strengthening leadership effectiveness problem-solving capabilities and end-to-end performance.
- Act as the key link between global strategy and local execution driving governance routines performance management cross-functional alignment and the sustainable implementation of Operational Excellence methodologies while proactively addressing deployment risks and capability gaps.
- Partner with Global OpEx Specialists and stakeholders to deploy new standards methodologies and tools while capturing and sharing best practices and field insights to continuously improve AAKs global OpEx framework and transformation journey.

About you
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Management Supply Chain Manufacturing or a related field; Masters degree is an advantage.
- 10 years of experience in Operational Excellence Continuous Improvement manufacturing or supply chain operations including multi-site deployment and transformation experience in complex operational environments.
Proven track record of leading cross-functional Operational Excellence transformations with strong expertise in Lean TPM Six Sigma Daily Management Systems (DMS) structured problem solving and preferably TRACC or comparable OpEx frameworks.
- Exceptional coaching facilitation stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to develop leaders at all levels drive alignment across matrix organizations and achieve sustainable adoption without formal authority.
- Analytical execution-focused and hands-on with experience designing deployment roadmaps conducting maturity assessments translating insights into measurable actions and working effectively with both frontline teams and senior leaders in global multicultural environments.

-Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.

Contact and information
Please apply through our career portal. For further information aboutthe position please contact Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist: Conor Kelly:

About AAK
EverythingAAK does is about Making Better Happen. We specialize in plant-based oils thatare the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love toconsume. We make these products better tasting healthier and moresustainable. At the heart of AAKs offer is Customer Co-Development combiningour desire to understand what better means for each customer with the uniqueflexibility of our production assets and deep knowledge of many products andindustries including Chocolate and confectionery Bakery Dairy Plant-basedFoods Special Nutrition Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4000 employeessupport our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional salesoffices 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers and the support of more than20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquartersin Malmö Sweden AAK has been Making Better Happen for more than 150 years.

AAK prohibits discriminationbased on race color sex sexual orientation age national origin physicalor mental disability religion veteran status and any other class ofindividuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspectof the access to admission or treatment of students in its programs andactivities or employment and application for employment.