Grundfos Senior Process Expert, Execution & Flow Processes

Do you want to play a key role in our Group Supply Chain Excellence function as Senior Process Expert within material flow processes? Are you highly motivated to make a difference and result orientated with a continuous improvement mindset? Furthermore are you motivated by the potential of becoming a key employee in our ambition of reaching best in class when it comes to Supply Chain processes?

What do we offer?

We offer a job with great opportunities for the right talented candidate, with a challenging position in an international company, where our customer requirements is our key direction for process excellence and where Supply Chain digitalization is a part of the strategy.

The Supply Chain Excellence function is operating within our differentiated Value Chains. You will be offered the opportunity to join the Execution and Flow team, with reference to the Process Expert Manager. You will be part of the exciting journey towards developing and innovating the Grundfos value chains, with the opportunity to put your mark on the future global processes.

“The Excellence function brings together individuals from different process areas, both with deep and wide process knowledge, but also with a global cultural blending to secure diversity within the function. We support both corporate functions and local sites, thereby enabling them to meet strategic and operational targets and running the daily operational tasks” Says Process Expert Manager, Nanna Brændstrup.

What is the job about?

The Execution & Flow team process area covers the material flow processes of inbound, Warehousing, Internal production logistic and outbound. Your role as Senior Process Expert will cover deep process knowledge of how Grundfos is executing these best practices processes and how to transfer this knowledge into continuous improvements with a global perspective.

Your time is spent between participation in development projects, which range from smaller short-term projects to large, strategic and operational projects such as traceability of products, Warehouse Management upgrades, SAP 4/HANA innovations, stock take policy etc.  Alongside you will be solving issues and acting as sparring partner for the operational side of Grundfos, which could include local process analysis & understanding, training activities, SAP change requests, process documentation and training material. Tasks which all will strengthen our capabilities and performance of the end-to-end material flow.

You will be working within the SAP Warehouse Management system but we are currently looking into the use of Extended Warehouse management (EWM). Furthermore you can work with new technologies within digital solutions which are related to optimizing material flow such as AGV solutions, Robotics, RFID, etc.

As Supply Chain Excellence is a function with dependencies between several functions within Grundfos, you will have close collaboration with colleagues and key stakeholder within the whole Grundfos group.

“You join a department of 17 global process experts divided in different process teams. Every day we strive for process excellence, so we can help deliver true global best practice across the Grundfos value chain. To do so, we always consider processes end-to-end and customer-focus, just as we listen to and collaborate with the local managers and employees, whose jobs we influence,” says Nanna Brændstrup.

What do you need to apply?

You are an experienced candidate with several years of experience with optimizing processes and to be a success in this role you have an interest in material flow optimization.

You have the personal clout to bring process improvements from idea to implementation. You are self-driven, committed and have a positive curious mindset, seeing opportunities within our material flow processes. Furthermore you thrive in an environment with a combination of project related tasks and general process development. Influencing our processes will require change management skills, so it is important that you can identify and deploy the right interventions to adopt behaviors, concepts and solutions.

At the same time, you have the analytical and structured mindset to maintain an end-to-end process overview, and you have:

• Relevant educational background degree within Supply Chain or logistics or similar work experience
• E2E Supply chain understanding preferable within warehousing and physical material flow processes
• Experience in SAP is an advantage, preferable in Warehouse Management
• Ability and interest to understand local and global processes
• Intercultural understanding
• Communicate effortlessly in English, both in writing and spoken.
• Interest in utilize digital solutions

As this is a global position, you will be able to work from any Grundfos office on a global scale.

Why Grundfos?

At Grundfos, we dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do. Our skills commit us to pioneer solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short-term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

Additional information

If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact Nanna Brændstrup on +45 41 60 87 84.

If this job sounds appealing to you, please send your resume and cover letter today or as soon as possible by clicking on “Apply”. We expect to have interviews on an ongoing basis. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

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