Jobs at UPM - The Biofore Company

Manage end-to-end multi-country payroll processing across EMEA, coordinating external payroll vendors and ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant salary, tax, and social security payments. Perform reconciliations, audits, quality checks, and statutory reporting while partnering with Finance, HR, and People Operations. Handle employee payroll escalations, support accounting and year-end activities, and contribute to payroll process improvements and standardized digital frameworks.

Plans production runs and orders based on demand, inventory, materials, and capacity. Manages laminate stock, monitors delivery and inventory performance, identifies supply risks, maintains planning data, and coordinates with Operations and Procurement. Supports trials, samples, product transitions, and digital and AI improvements. Requires strong organization, analytical ability, Polish and English communication, Excel proficiency, and a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Plans production runs, schedules orders, manages laminate inventory, and balances demand, materials, capacity, delivery, and waste. Collaborates with Operations and Procurement, identifies supply risks, maintains planning data, tracks performance, supports product trials and transitions, and leads cross-functional improvement initiatives. The role also promotes digital and AI-enabled planning improvements, supports fellow planners, and contributes to material flow across the factory and Europe.

Maintain, troubleshoot, and develop Siemens PLC, HMI, and industrial automation systems supporting manufacturing machinery. Diagnose control-system and instrumentation faults, participate in preventive and predictive maintenance, support automation projects and equipment installations, maintain documentation and backups, and provide technical guidance to technicians and operators. The role also contributes to process improvements, equipment reliability, safety, and reduced production downtime.

Provides executive and organizational support to APAC leadership, including calendar management, meetings, travel logistics, leadership workshops, events, presentations, reports, business reviews, documentation, and action tracking. Coordinates cross-functional activities across regional and local teams, supports stakeholder communication and onboarding, maintains records, and assists with budget tracking. Requires strong organization, communication, discretion, follow-through, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Supports order management from order entry through customer delivery. Responsibilities include order processing and tracking, operational reporting and data analysis, record maintenance, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, process improvement, and administrative tasks. The intern works with Salesforce, SAP, Excel, and multiple international teams in a hybrid Wrocław setting.

Coordinates import and export documentation, customs clearance, shipping status, forwarder performance, payments, and communication with government authorities. The role collaborates with planning, customer service, facility services, forwarders, and shipping lines to ensure compliant and timely movement of bonded goods. Candidates need supply chain or logistics education, at least three years of bonded-products experience, import/export regulatory knowledge, English fluency, communication skills, and Microsoft software proficiency.

Coordinate classroom and digital training programs, support employee development, guide employees and managers on HR processes, administer training activities, communicate with stakeholders, maintain Workday data, prepare reports, and verify invoices. The role provides global HR services in English, Spanish, and Finnish within a hybrid Krakow-based team.

Leads accounting and reporting services for multiple business units, ensuring financial reporting quality, compliance, governance, and operational excellence. Manages, coaches, and develops an accounting team while overseeing advanced accounting activities. Drives finance transformation, process improvement, automation, and digital reporting initiatives. Partners with Business Control and stakeholders to support decision-making and transparent service delivery.

Sources maintenance, repair, and operations materials and services, including mechanical services, spare parts, plant equipment, and industrial supplies. Coordinates with maintenance stakeholders, leads competitive sourcing events, negotiates and manages contracts, optimizes supplier performance and spend, and ensures compliant Source-to-Contract processes. Uses SAP Ariba and other e-sourcing tools to improve procurement efficiency, analytics, automation, cycle times, and stakeholder satisfaction.

Develops, troubleshoots, maintains, and upgrades industrial automation and electrical control systems, including PLC, HMI, SCADA, VFD, and safety systems. Supports plant maintenance, equipment reliability, energy efficiency, continuous improvement, cybersecurity controls, documentation, commissioning, and technical projects. Performs root cause analysis, feasibility assessments, risk assessments, and system integration while collaborating with production, maintenance, contractors, and vendors.

Manage strategic regional and national customer accounts across the printing and packaging industry. Responsibilities include sales growth, commercial execution, pricing strategy, customer relationship development, product recommendations, quotes, trials, technical support, business-case development, and closing acquisition and expansion opportunities. The role collaborates with internal teams, supports regional planning and product development, and is fully remote with 30–50% travel.

Manage Finland payroll operations and support payroll transformation, technology implementation, vendor relationships, reconciliations, audits, compliance, statutory reporting, and complex employee inquiries. Partner with Finance, HR, People Operations, and external providers to ensure accurate, timely payroll delivery. Contribute to process improvement and standardized payroll frameworks across Europe.

Leads global IT sourcing strategy across software, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, consulting, and technology platforms. Manages strategic sourcing projects, negotiations, supplier selection, commercial governance, contracts, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and category plans. Builds supplier insights, develops sourcing capabilities, collaborates with IT, Legal, Finance, Security, and business stakeholders, and leads the sourcing category team.

Develop global IT category strategies, lead strategic sourcing, tenders, negotiations, contract renewals, and supplier management across software, cloud, infrastructure, and IT services. Identify cost, value, resilience, cybersecurity, compliance, and supply continuity improvements. Collaborate with IT, finance, legal, information security, and business stakeholders while monitoring technology supplier markets and emerging commercial models.

Design, program, troubleshoot, and maintain industrial automation systems, including Siemens PLCs, HMI, SCADA, drives, motion control, and industrial networks. Lead investigations into control and process issues, develop automation project scopes and designs, support commissioning and validation, perform root cause analysis, and maintain lifecycle plans and technical documentation for manufacturing equipment.

Support the design, documentation, standardization, and continuous improvement of Master Data Management processes. The role analyzes improvement opportunities, aligns process designs with business requirements, supports implementation roadmaps, and collaborates with global stakeholders, process architects, and Business Areas. Responsibilities also include integrating process designs with data models and digital or AI solutions, preparing process analyses and documentation, and contributing to efficiency, quality, working capital, and stakeholder experience improvements.

Lead APAC marketing strategy and execution for UPM Pulp, primarily across China and Vietnam. Develop campaigns, localize brand messaging, manage customer and trade events, create digital content, use customer insights to optimize performance, and strengthen marketing processes. The role partners closely with global marketing and regional sales teams, builds customer relationships, and drives engagement, retention, business growth, and brand positioning.

Provides administrative HR support across the employee lifecycle, benefits, compensation, and career changes. Advises employees and managers on HR processes through ServiceNow, phone, and chat; maintains employment and compensation data in Workday; prepares documents and reports; collaborates with HR partners, payroll, and benefits providers; and supports HR projects. Requires fluent German and English, strong communication, accuracy, and interest in developing an HR career.

Manage treasury accounting under IFRS and Finnish Accounting Standards, contribute to group reporting, and support treasury accounting, budgeting, and back-office activities. Maintain accounting configurations in the Treasury Risk Management system and help develop it. Collaborate with Treasury, Finance, and Tax teams in managing global liquidity, foreign exchange, interest-rate risk, funding, and cash-management operations.