Director Enterprise Architecture & IT Portfolio Management

Trivium Packaging is a global sustainability leader in metal packaging with more than 60 locations worldwide, nearly 8,000 employees, and an annual revenue of approximately €3.0 billion. Trivium serves a diverse range of customers in a variety of end markets such as food, seafood, pet food, nutrition, beauty and personal care, household care, and premium beverages.

Trivium wants to shape the industry and has embarked on an ambitious transformation journey. In the near term, focus is on building & upskilling the team, deciding where to play & how to win, and increasing financial performance by executing the Trivium Business System (commercial, operational, and supply chain excellence). Sustainability is embedded in our materials and in our actions. Trivium has ambitious sustainability targets and focuses exclusively on products that are infinitely recyclable. Our company sustainability journey has been awarded with a Platinum medal by EcoVadis, the world’s leading rating agent who allocated this award only to the top 1% of the >75000 companies reviewed. Sustainability is embedded in each and every function at Trivium, it‘s in our DNA. The global head office is at Amsterdam Airport; however, many people work in virtual teams from different countries. Our culture is results-driven, entrepreneurial, informal, and highly multicultural. Our people have a high degree of responsibility. 

The role of Director Enterprise Architecture & Portfolio Management (Director EA & PPM) is a new role that combines 3 core areas of Trivium’s CIO agenda:
 

1. Enterprise Architecture

2. IT Portfolio- and Demand Management & IT Governance across Trivium Packaging

3. IT Finance & Controls

The Director EA & PPM is end-responsible and leading Trivium’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice across all IT departments. He/she validates Trivium’s EA principles and implements and manages the necessary EA capabilities, processes, and governance across all IT departments. He/she manages Trivium’s EA Community, consisting out of IT Domain and IT Solution architects. The Director EA & PPM ensures the EA principles are deployed (over time) to all Trivium’s IT services, and actively manages the definition and management of architecture roadmaps for all key IT services provided to the Trivium organization. The Director EA & PPM coordinates the on-going IT Portfolio- and Demand Management process across all IT Departments to ensure consistency and completeness across the complete IT Portfolio. The Director EA & PPM acts as IT Business Partner for all global functions (Finance, HR, Procurement, R&D, Legal) and supports both the assigned IT Business Partners (each Division has an assigned IT Business Partner from the Global IT Leadership Team) as IT Service Owners in managing their IT Portfolio. The Director EA & PPM also organizes and manages the required governance meetings to align the IT Portfolio with key stakeholders and available budgets & resources.
 

The 3rd role of the Director EA & PPM is to ensure proper financial management across the IT organization, both for operational IT costs (OPEX) as investments (CAPEX), and ensure the effective management of a set of IT controls across the IT organization. The IT departments itself are responsible for managing their budgets and controls, but the Director EA & PPM oversees the overall IT financial reporting & budgeting process, aligns accounting rules and reporting for IT with Finance, and ensures adequate testing- and evidence for IT controls. This also includes the Procurement activities for all Global IT procurement needs.

Key Responsibilities:
 

Enterprise Architecture (EA):

• Defining and maintaining Trivium’s Enterprise Architecture principles
• Coordinate EA community across Trivium and lead the development of EA capabilities across the EA community
• Defining and managing EA Governance across the IT Portfolio and IT organization, inc.
• adherence to EA principles, architecture decisions, architecture roadmaps, etc.
• Organize and chair the Architecture Review Board meetings
• Ensuring the definition and management of architecture roadmaps for all key IT services
• Coordinate architecture- and innovation roadmaps with Trivium’s key technology providers

IT Portfolio- and Demand Management and IT Governance:

• Define and implement IT Portfolio Management process across all IT departments
• Supports IT Business Partners and IT Service Owners in managing their part of the IT Portfolio
• IT Business Partner for all Global Functions in Trivium (Finance, HR, Procurement, ComEx, Legal, Sustainability, R&D)
• Align IT Portfolio with business priorities and available budgets and resources
• Organize and prepare required IT Governance meetings
• Ensure proper governance over IT projects and investments

IT Financials & Controls:

• Coordinate financial management processes across IT departments and Finance
• Align IT accounting principles and guidelines with Finance
• Coordinate the IT investment portfolio, incl. proper approval, budgeting, and reporting
• Ensure effective management (incl. evidence and testing) of Trivium’s IT Controls across all IT departments

What We Offer:

• Exciting transformation journey to support large international business transformation
• Opportunity to define-, implement and manage new Enterprise Architecture practice across Trivium IT
• Exposure to Senior Business Leadership, incl. Executive Committee members
• Opportunity to develop towards IT / Digital Leadership role
• Member of the Global IT Leadership Team

Education & Training:

• Master in Business Administration, Business Information Management, Business Technology Management
• Relevant training & courses in Leadership (incl. delegation, people management, strategy)
• Relevant training & courses in Enterprise Architecture, Agile, Data Management

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years relevant working experience as Enterprise Architect with proven experience in Data
• Architectures, Enterprise Integration Architecture, Automation Architecture, and Industrial / Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Minimum of 5 years relevant working experience with IT Portfolio Management
• Proven experience with implementing Enterprise Architecture-driven way of working
• Strong experience in international industrial organizations
• Experience in managing distributed teams across in multiple countries (incl. outsourced offshore)

Competencies:

• Teamwork, Excellence, Passion, Ambition to improve, Lead through influence

BRINGING YOUR TRUE SELF TO WORK

To reach our goals, we know we need colleagues at all levels who are truly diverse in every way. That’s why we are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our people and It’s business critical for us to ensure all our people have what they need to perform at their best and can be their true selves at work. #LI-AG #LI-Hybrid