Senior Solution Manager, Finance & Planning

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Digitalization is a cornerstone of our strategy, enabling us to drive our ambitions in growth, productivity, and sustainability. The Digital & Process Performance function serves as the transformation engine driving the upgrade of our digital core. By digitalizing our operations, we aim to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, deliver superior customer experiences, mitigate risks, and ensure business continuity—all while paving the way for next-generation innovations.

The Digital & Process Performance function is organized into key teams to drive transformation effectively. Processes & Applications focuses on modernizing core business processes, while Data & Analytics enables data-driven decision-making. IT Operations ensures reliable and secure IT infrastructure, and the Transformation Management Office drives Huhtamaki wide business transformation initiatives with strategic goals.

We are now looking for a talented Senior Solution Owner, Finance & Planning to join our team of Process & Applications, Business Platform This role is located in Espoo, Finland and it reports to the Head of Business Technology.
Responsibilities and key activities:

• Manage the finance and planning related applications lifecycle (continuous development, testing, service management and solution architecture/ roadmaps) and ensure the availability and reliability of the services, also planning and anticipating changes impacting the solutions
• Act as an IT “product owner” for the development and run operations for the defined IT services.
• Lead the team of Global Solution Design Owners / Applications Specialists and facilitate a common service management operation across common Huhtamaki applications.
• Manage the internal experts and ecosystem partners (including vendors) involved in the delivery of the services for solutions.
• Represent the IT interface towards business/functions for demand management process and ensuring business alignment of the solution.
• Support internal / external ecosystem network through the delivery process towards customers.

Requirements for the role:

• At least 5 years of relevant working experience.
• Knowledge on OneStream, Basware and Anaplan will be seen as benefit
• Strong service mindset
• Ability to translate business requirements into solution capabilities.
• Solid understanding of service management working practices and process and technical knowledge
• Ability to visualize and document concepts in an easily communicated way.
• Proven ability to manage and develop a team of IT experts.
• Ability to lead solution design work with both internal and external subject matter experts.
• Strong communication skills.
• Cooperative and skilled at influencing without direct authority.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken), Finnish is a plus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

What's in it for you? 

• A meaningful job: At Huhtamaki, we believe in protecting food, people and the planet. Our innovative and transformative solutions touch the daily lives of people everywhere.
• Employees at the center: As part of our 2030 Strategy we are committed to building a high-performance workforce and in doing so strive to be the best workplace for our employees – employees safety and wellbeing is our top priority 
• Development opportunities: We care for each other – and want our talent to thrive and develop 
• Responsible employer: Sustainability is embedded in everything we do. We believe diverse teams fuel innovation. We invest in fostering an environment where everyone is safe both psychologically and physically and where diversity and inclusion are promoted through day-to-day behaviors, which are reinforced by our policies and practices. 
   

If you have any additional questions regarding this opportunity, you can contact the hiring manager Aki Kemppi via email [email protected].
 

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV and cover letter and apply latest by 9th of January 2025.

Join us to shape the future together!