About Barilla

At Barilla, we believe that every great journey begins with passion and a bold vision. From our humble beginnings in 1877 in a small shop in Parma, Italy, we’ve blossomed into a global leader in the food industry, guided by our commitment to progress and excellence.

Today, Barilla is an international group present in more than 100 countries and we are proud to be recognized as the world’s top food company by reputation. With 20 beloved brands in our portfolio, we are world leader for pasta, the number one choice for ready-made sauces in Europe, leader for bakery products in Italy, and for crispbread across Scandinavia with Wasa.

Our success story is written by a passionate team of 9,000 dedicated employees across 30 plants and offices worldwide, all united by a shared mission to nourish the future with purpose and passion.

Are you ready to add your unique flavor to our journey?

Job description

Acting as business counterpart for the regional stakeholders on the respective processes, S/he will be responsible to design the solutions and manage the execution of the assigned projects to support regional business.

S/he will monitor the status of initiatives and activities, maintain status reports, while granting a high standard in the level of deliverables and the commitment of all the project teams (internal / external), will continuously monitoring performance of running solutions. S/he will work in strong cooperation with Business Stakeholders and other IT teams.

The role will report to the IT Region Italy Director and it will be based in our headquarter in Parma.

We support hybrid working, as a mix of working remotely and from the office.

Key Accountabilities 

• Work closely with Business Referents identifying needs and opportunities, accordingly to IT Strategy and portfolio priorities
• Review requirements, understanding the new ones and their impact on the systems landscape
• Analyze functional specifications, with a tight collaboration with business counterparts and IT colleagues (both internal and external)
• Apply her/his expertise to design innovative solutions whenever required or to leverage already existing technologies to obtain new solutions, according to a cost/benefit evaluation, working in cooperation with IT Teams such as Global IT Functional, IT Infrastructure, Architecture & Cybersecurity
• Deliver the solutions and define the maintenance process.
• Monitor the performance of the running solution and together with Global team identify improvement action plans when required.
• Evaluate requests for process improvements in the project scope areas, executing in-depth analysis of the requests with the process owners according to the guidelines shared with the manager
• Address issues and risks from IT perspective
• Optimize continuously existing applications working closely with local business users and D&BT functions at local and global level
• Ensure that the project implementations are coherent with IT standards in all phases of the process, from initial approval to follow-up and final user acceptance

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years experience in system integration consulting companies and/or IT departments of multinational companies, performing solution design, system configuration and testing, project management
• Experience in sales & marketing, and/or in finance processes and solutions; additional process knowledge in other domains will be considered a plus.
• Ability to perform articulated solution design to select the best technology to fulfill the requirements
• Project Management skills and ability to coordinate interfunctional teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure
• Work cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve the goals
• Curiosity, ability to identify unconventional / innovative solutions and proactive approach
• Knowledge of SAP environment as well as of CRM, SFA and marketing solutions will be highly preferred
• Fluency in Italian and English

At Barilla, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where diversity in all its forms is valued and embraced. Our employment policies and practices are designed to ensure equal employment opportunities for all, regardless of age, race, color, citizenship, faith, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or characteristics of expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our commitment to equal employment stems from our unwavering belief that it is not only the right thing to do, but it is also a fundamental driver of innovation and business success.