Organization
Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, Hoogwegt has grown to become the world's largest independent global trader of dairy products and ingredients, active in over 130 countries. Thanks to their global network, 57 years of experience, and a team of commercial, technical, and logistics experts, they add vision and value to your business by providing high-quality products, real-time market intelligence, innovative logistics services, and tailor-made risk management solutions.
Position
The Global IT Director is responsible for the development, professionalization and positioning of the global IT organization. He/she thereby optimally contributes to the achievement of the various business goals of Hoogwegt.
Responsibilities
- IT strategy and architecture
- IT Infrastructure
- Service delivery
- Global applications
- Data management
- Master data management
- Cyber security
- Budget
- Team development
Requirements
- 15+ years of work experience covering all fields of IT Management in both large and small organizations
- Experience as a IT Director in successfully leading teams during transformation programs
- Experience in transforming corporate, project-driven organizations towards new (digital) business models
- Good understanding of and affinity for the global trading business, preferably in food-ingredients
- Strong personality, strong influencer able to lead own teams and business stakeholders to structure and predictability
- Self-propelling and decisive on all IT (related) topics
- Hands-on mentality
- A strong business mindset driven by business benefits and opportunities
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills in Dutch as well as in English
- Bachelor or Master degree, preferably in IT, Business Administration or similar