WHY OATLY?
Across the world people’s consumption habits and diets are evolving to be more plant-based. Enter Oatly, the #1 oat based dairy alternative producer in the world with products spanning multiple categories.
We’re determined on being part of the discussion on the long-term future of the food and beverage industry. To keep this movement going, we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the Oatly flowing.
Our sole purpose as a company is to make it easy for people to turn what they eat and drink into personal moments of healthy joy without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process.
Sustainability, nutritional health and trust are at the heart of what we do. We are building a culture that constantly upgrades each other so we can upgrade the planet. This is a company that shows great respect and a fearless approach to make positive change. Does this feel exciting? Well, this is where you come in.
What We Need You To Do
The purpose of the Supply Chain Manager Nordics role is to take full ownership of the end‑to‑end Supply Chain agenda across the Nordic markets—shaping the backbone that enables our commercial strategy and fuels profitable, sustainable growth. In this role, you act as a trusted business partner to the Nordic Commercial organization, while ensuring strong and seamless alignment with our Central Supply Chain teams.
You will set direction, make impact, and roll up your sleeves in a fast‑moving, dynamic environment—turning complexity into clarity and ambition into results.
Here’s The Main Elements Of The Role
Owning and driving the Nordic Supply Chain agenda, delivering strong commercial outcomes across service, cost, and governance.
Acting as a trusted advisor to the Nordic leadership team, supporting decision‑making through clear trade‑offs and fact‑based insights.
Leading the Nordic IBP process, ensuring robust, aligned volume planning anchored in Oatly principles.
Translating Supply Chain strategy into action, working closely with Central Supply Chain to bring initiatives to life.
Driving continuous improvement across logistics, costs, service levels, planning accuracy, and inventory performance.
Building and strengthening key customer relationships at operational, tactical, and strategic levels.
Serving as the vital link between Commercial and Central Supply Chain, ensuring true end‑to‑end alignment.
Leading, developing, and inspiring your team, while building long‑term capability and a strong Supply Chain culture.
But, you know. These are just the things we can think of right now! This might be the job today, but tomorrow brings more change, so being light on your feet and willing to embrace the unknown is a verrrrrry big help.
In this role, you will report to the General Manager Nordics, and the location is our Nordic Sales HQ in Stockholm.
This next section is for all the bullet point lovers out there...
What We Need You To Bring To The Table
We are looking for someone with at least five years of experience within supply chain management, demand planning, or a closely related field, combined with three to five years of hands-on experience working with Anaplan or other advanced planning solutions.
You thrive in a collaborative and fast‑moving environment, where transformation and continuous improvement are part of everyday work. With strong business acumen and deep supply chain expertise, you enjoy navigating complexity, collaborating across functions, and turning strategic ambition into tangible results.
Other Key Competencies & Experiences
Solid experience in Supply Chain Management, with strong exposure to IBP / S&OP and Logistics in an FMCG environment.
Strong commercial understanding and the ability to partner closely with Sales, Brand, and Finance.
The confidence to challenge, influence, and align senior stakeholders across functions and markets.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience working with planning tools, ERP systems, and performance metrics.
Who We Need You To Be
We think your oatsomeness is built upon the following qualities:
You have problem-solving skills essential for identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
You are a self-starter who enjoys building from scratch and implementing sustainable processes, structures, and tools.
You are highly collaborative and understand that our success as a company depends on our ability to work together to find innovative solutions.
You are an entrepreneur at heart, with the know-how to create forward momentum and the stamina to relentlessly drive the process.
You are structured and reliable, comfortable taking ownership from idea to execution, and you lead with openness, humility, and strong values.
You thrive with a hands-on approach, even in times of rapid change.
Your social competence allows you to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
To be the perfect fit for Oatly, we believe you have a thirst for knowledge and are a result-driven person with high integrity. You thrive with a hands-on approach, even in times of rapid change. Your social competence allows you to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
Finally, we hope that you share our values and have a great interest to carry out our mission in order to make the world a little bit better.
Another bulleted list felt redundant, so we made this page talking about all the benefits we offer to sweeten the deal of working with us before you apply – if you're curious, check out this fancy page right here!
YOUR APPLICATION
Phew! Well done if you’ve got this far. We’re glad we’ve still got your attention because we’ve got one last super important point to make.
As you can probably tell, we’re a norm-breaking company. For us, diversity and differences are an obvious asset. We know that amazing candidates can sometimes be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box, and that makes us really sad. So please trust your gut and pop in your application if it’s feeling right. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, let’s do this together! It will be fun!
Last day of application: 14th of May.
We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested, please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there. This will ensure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone!
