BE - Ardo Headquarters
IT
Permanent contract
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:
The Group Applications Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the Group Applications Team within Ardo, currently consisting of 14 professionals. The team includes both Business Analysts and Application Support specialists, ensuring effective delivery, maintenance, and continuous improvement of application services across the organisation. The Group Applications Manager reports directly to the Group IT Director and works in close partnership with senior leadership and TMO. The position carries a strong mandate and requires extensive coordination across the leadership team to ensure alignment, effective decision-making, and successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
In addition, the Group Applications Manager is responsible for safeguarding the continuity, stability, and reliability of the application landscape, ensuring that both modern and legacy applications remain operational and properly supported. This includes maintaining business continuity, minimizing operational disruptions, and ensuring critical systems continue to run efficiently while balancing ongoing improvements and transformation initiatives.
As Group Applications Manager, you are responsible for the entire Application landscape with SAP S/4HANA as the main application, next to various other software tools, like a MES, WMS, advanced planning tool, CRM, …. The Group Applications Manager will focus on elaborating and implementing vision in the field of applications, aligned with the IT, business and the overall company vision. He/she will also be responsible for managing the team, the daily operations, the projects and the budget of the applications team and landscape.
The application landscape consists of:
ERP: SAP S/4 Hana
MES systems
WMS/WCS Systems
Plant maintenance applications
Finance & Controlling applications
Agro applications
Forrecasting application
For a detailed job description, please contact Group HR.
This is where you recognize yourself:
Senior level of experience in applications and SAP (S/Hana) and with senior management experience.
Approximately 5 years of experience in a similar position, preferably in an international context in a company with multiple entities.
A good knowledge of applications and specifically a good helicopter view of SAP. Knowledge of S/4HANA is a plus.
Experience in managing the delivery of the application projects and always strive for pragmatic and business-oriented solutions.
Experience with managing project- and team budgets.
Experience as a people manager and know how to motivate, guide and manage your team.
Experience in setting out a vision, build a roadmap and make strategic decisions on application level.
Experience with change management and know how to guide a team/organisation through transformations.
As a leader you can act both strategically and on an operational level.
Having a good conceptual knowledge of important IT market trends, technologies, solutions and can critically evaluate or pro-actively propose new opportunities.
A higher degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent through experience.
Language skills: Minimum native language + English (L4 – full professional proficiency), preferably French as second foreign language (L2-4).
Role requires frequent international travel across Blx and Europe – approx. 30%.
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.
Interested? Contact our recruitment partner for this role, Laetitia Kriek:
[email protected] / +32 466 46 23 43.
