IT Infrastructure Country Supervisor

Location: 

Lodz, PL, 90-530

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role:

 

Country Supervisor with a hands-on mentality to be responsible for the deployment, support and correct functioning of information technology architecture within the site(s) in a country. With focus on the local IT operations, covering local Infrastructure, printers, Local Servers, Fixed & Mobile Telecom in line with the Group’s IT strategy, & overall infrastructure, the IT Support Country Supervisor reports to the Regional IT Operations Regional Manager and has up local IT-staff direct reports.

 

 

Key responsibilities:

 

  • Together with your team, you will deploy and support local IT Infrastructure for the site(s) in scope: PC’s, printers,(W) LAN, local servers, telephony (fixed, mobile), end-user applications in line with Group IT standards.
  • Participate in Corporate IT projects which impact the supervised site(s) (Ex. WAN, (w)LAN & VoIP Upgrades/ Implementations & Integrations).
  • Ensure professional “daily operations” of the IT infrastructure components, against SLA’s and targeted cost levels and within the agreed procedures and guidelines.
  • Manage the local IT Opex and Capex budgets against predefined targets – locally roll-out cost improvement/ efficiency projects.
  • Manage local vendor relations for locally provided services
  • Ensures a professional follow up of all end user requests and works towards solutions within agreed SLO timeframes (technical support, assistance, training).
  • Keeps up to speed with “best-practice” evolution in his/her respective technical area (market trends, adoption of technology by other multinational companies).
  • Provide supervision to up to 5 local IT-staff direct reports, depending on country-size (“IT Technicians & IT Support Analysts”).
  • Deliver agreed projects according to business expectations respecting BC templates, on-time, within budget and without business disruptions.
  • Meet targets for day-to-day IM-IT services to the BC business. Work on RCA (Root Cause Analysis) of recurring incidents or information requests to avoid them for the future.
  • Defend “global IT client standards” towards local business management.

 

 

About you:

 

  • Bachelor degree in Information Technology or similar.
  • At least 4 years of experience in a similar function in an international environment company.
  • Experience in managing a team or as a supervisor.
  • Fluent in English & Polish.
  • Flexibility in terms of weekend work and overtime, if required to support the site(s) in scope.
  • Hands-on mentality.
  • Style: be more a coach then a manager, be part of the team.
  • Strong social skills.

 

 

We offer:

 

  • Employment on a regular basis in the sweetest company in the world.
  • Annual bonus based on your work results.
  • Lunch card to be used for groceries and restaurants.
  • Private medical care in Lux Med (basic package fully financed by BC).
  • Fit Profit sports card co-financed by BC.
  • PPE: we care about your future, and we save money for your retirement.
  • Cafeteria Program as a part of Social Fund.
  • Group life insurance.
  • Hybrid working model: min. 8 days in the office a month.
  • As part of our work-life balance culture, we can start work between 7 am and 10 am.
  • Free consultation with a lawyer once a quarter.
  • Chocolate! Yes, surprising but we have chocolate in the office, for Christmas, BC’s Birthday, and many other occasions during the year.
  • Daily delivery of fresh fruits and veggies to the office.
  • You can purchase our sweet products with a special discount.
  • Relax zone in the office and plenty of options to choose from: PlayStation 5, football table, pool table, Ping-Pong, library, table games, and massage chairs.
  • Sport @work? Sure! We have treadmills and indoor exercise bikes with a laptop station.
  • We like to party as much as we like chocolate! We have integration budgets we can use for team events.
  • Forever Chocolate and Event Team: you can join them and have a real influence on social life in BC and CSR activities.

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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