IT Senior Solution Manager

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

As IT Senior Solution Manager, you will build on your solution expertise and project experience to lead modernization initiatives for EMEA Juice, including our SAP S/4 implementation and SCADA Middleware upgrade. Your added value for the Company is your ability to create an overall vision of solutions driven by business needs and leverage the right technical layers. You will act as the onsite relay for the SAP S/4 team and ensure integration of local applications with global platforms.

In this position, your objectives are to:

• Serve as a solution visionary, technology expert, and mentor to project team members

• Lead enablement of EMEA Juice projects, focusing on our SAP S/4 implementation and Metrack upgrade

• Ensure integration of local Belgian applications with our SAP S/4

• Act as onsite relay for the SAP S/4 team (Front Office–Back Office)

• Act as on-site relay for the Enterprise Architecture team

• Review and validate solution designs complementary to functional IT streams

• Provide technical support and guidance from an architecture standpoint

• Maintain technology watch—specifically for our SAP S/4 and Metrack ecosystems—and define a strong long-term design

The IT Skills you will need are:

• Extensive functional knowledge of application integration and modernization

• Hands-on experience with project delivery and solution architecture

• Mature understanding of portfolio management and best practices

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English

• Self-driven, customer-focused, and proactive

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Willingness to travel as required

• Cross-cultural mindset to collaborate globally

Experience

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in IT or related discipline

• 3–5 years of experience in solution management, application modernization, or ERP deployment in a global context

• Proven track record in leading large-scale transformation projects

• Experience with integration of local and global applications

• Change leadership skills, with ability to challenge traditional approaches

• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving abilities

• Experience in soft commodity trading or juice industry is a plus

Additional Information

• Flexibility for medium-level business travel is required. Up to 15%
• Openness to future international assignments is a plus

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us

What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.


Our Benefits
- A close and warm team
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, hospitalisation and group insurance, ecocheques, salary sacrifice bike lease
- Flexible working
- Pension contributions
- Access to Training and Development

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

As IT Senior Solution Manager, you will build on your solution expertise and project experience to lead modernization initiatives for EMEA Juice, including our SAP S/4 implementation and SCADA Middleware upgrade. Your added value for the Company is your ability to create an overall vision of solutions driven by business needs and leverage the right technical layers. You will act as the onsite relay for the SAP S/4 team and ensure integration of local applications with global platforms.

In this position, your objectives are to:

• Serve as a solution visionary, technology expert, and mentor to project team members

• Lead enablement of EMEA Juice projects, focusing on our SAP S/4 implementation and Metrack upgrade

• Ensure integration of local Belgian applications with our SAP S/4

• Act as onsite relay for the SAP S/4 team (Front Office–Back Office)

• Act as on-site relay for the Enterprise Architecture team

• Review and validate solution designs complementary to functional IT streams

• Provide technical support and guidance from an architecture standpoint

• Maintain technology watch—specifically for our SAP S/4 and Metrack ecosystems—and define a strong long-term design

The IT Skills you will need are:

• Extensive functional knowledge of application integration and modernization

• Hands-on experience with project delivery and solution architecture

• Mature understanding of portfolio management and best practices

• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English

• Self-driven, customer-focused, and proactive

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Willingness to travel as required

• Cross-cultural mindset to collaborate globally

Experience

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in IT or related discipline

• 3–5 years of experience in solution management, application modernization, or ERP deployment in a global context

• Proven track record in leading large-scale transformation projects

• Experience with integration of local and global applications

• Change leadership skills, with ability to challenge traditional approaches

• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving abilities

• Experience in soft commodity trading or juice industry is a plus

Additional Information

• Flexibility for medium-level business travel is required. Up to 15%
• Openness to future international assignments is a plus

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us

What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.


Our Benefits
- A close and warm team
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, hospitalisation and group insurance, ecocheques, salary sacrifice bike lease
- Flexible working
- Pension contributions
- Access to Training and Development