Process Integration Lead

Ardo is an internationally growing family-owned company with expertise in frozen vegetables, herbs, and fruit. With more than 3,200 colleagues across 16 production, packaging, and distribution sites in 7 countries, we deliver high-quality plant-based products to customers in over 100 countries every day.

Our greatest strength? Our people. Every day, our colleagues bring passion, craftsmanship, and an entrepreneurial mindset to help bring the very best of nature to millions of consumers. Whether you work in production, logistics, engineering, sales, marketing, or a support function, everyone contributes to the same goal. We share a passion for our customers and for quality, driven by results, and each of us plays a part in making a difference.

By managing the entire value chain, from seed selection and cultivation to processing, packaging, distribution, quality, innovation, and flexibility are at the heart of everything we do. This enables us to respond quickly to emerging trends and the evolving needs of our customers.

Sustainability is not an ambition for tomorrow, it is a responsibility we embrace today. We continuously invest in sustainable farming practices, energy-efficient processes, and strong, long-term partnerships with growers, suppliers, and customers. Together, we are building a healthier future for our planet and for generations to come.

Working at Ardo means being part of an international family where collaboration, respect, commitment, and entrepreneurship go hand in hand. It is a place where your talent is valued, where you can grow and develop, and where you help preserve the best of nature every single day.

Here’s what you’ll do:

As Process Integration Lead, you are a business transformation leader who makes Ardo's core end-to-end processes work as one: harmonised, standardised and simplified across the group. You bring a lean mindset to everything you touch, stripping out waste and unnecessary complexity so the business runs on the simplest processes that reliably deliver. You make sure these end-to-end processes have clear owners, are well documented, and are continuously improved over time, functionally steering Ardo's Business Process Owners to achieve this together. Because end-to-end processes rarely sit within a single system, you keep a cross-system view, with SAP S/4HANA as the backbone. With Ardo mid-transition, migrating its sites from local legacy ERPs onto one integrated SAP S/4HANA environment, you guide the process-integration decisions this brings and help turn that effort into real synergy savings. You set the business and process direction and partner with IT so technology serves the business.

As Process Integration Lead, you will own Ardo’s end‑to‑end process standards across sales entities and plant operations. You design and maintain one harmonised way of working, based on best‑practice processes and only adapted where business‑critical. You drive clear decision‑making, governance and KPIs, ensuring changes are well‑founded and consistently applied. You secure strong adoption in the business by partnering with Business Process Owners and site teams, championing standardisation and challenging custom demands. Together with IT, you set the process direction for the SAP Golden Template and the wider system landscape, resolving integration issues and contributing to Ardo’s digital roadmap.

For a detailed job description, please contact Group HR.

This is where you recognize yourself:

Degree in business, engineering, supply chain, IT or equivalent experience.
10+ years in business transformation or end‑to‑end process/program leadership in complex, multi‑site organisations.
Strong cross‑functional process integration understanding; able to connect domains.
Proven cross‑functional change leadership and decision‑making without direct authority.
Strong analytical, problem‑solving and governance skills (RACI, decision routines, KPIs).
Solid SAP ERP process knowledge to challenge and partner with technical teams.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication across business and IT.
Lean, continuous‑improvement mindset; open to automation and AI.
Fluent in English.

Assets

Experience in food, FMCG or manufacturing.
Broad SAP module familiarity + S/4HANA exposure.
Knowledge of change management (e.g., ADKAR) and lean/CI methods.
Experience contributing to IT/digital roadmaps.
Dutch and French.

What’s in it for you?

We offer you the opportunity to be part of an authentic and sustainable international company, with real growth opportunities and the freedom to actively participate in shaping the business and the opportunity to develop professionally. You will receive a full remuneration package in line with the level of this position. We care for our people and create family-friendly surroundings by offering flexibility work arrangements.

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Why work for Ardo?

Global Impact, Local Touch

With 17 units across 8 countries, a turnover of 1.4 billion, and products exported to over 100 countries, your work at Ardo impacts people worldwide. Be a part of an international team that retains a close-knit, local feel.

Career Growth in a Thriving Industry

In our team of around 4000 employees, every individual matters. We offer various opportunities for career growth and skill enhancement in a robust and thriving industry, ensuring you evolve as we grow.

Diverse and Inclusive

Embrace the opportunity to work with diverse teams from around the globe. At Ardo, we celebrate different cultures, ideas, and innovations brought in by our international family of employees.