IT RECRUITING & STAFFING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Team Lead Infra @ Clarebout
AMKP03876
Function
Due to Clarebout's continuous growth and scale, there is a need to strengthen the leadership within the IT organization. In the role of Team Lead IT Infrastructure, you are responsible for defining, designing, and implementing advanced IT solutions in a 24/7 production environment. You play a crucial role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of the IT infrastructure. You lead the growing IT infrastructure team, consisting of 7 people.
Together with your team, you are responsible for translating your vision into a concrete roadmap, anticipating future needs and opportunities. You play a key role in identifying and implementing technological innovations within the IT infrastructure domain. In this innovative environment, you have a direct and tangible impact on the company. Your knowledge and skills will be fully utilized, allowing you to grow and excel in your role. The goal is to develop scalable and adaptive systems that support future growth and help achieve Clarebout's strategic objectives.
Tasks and Responsibilities
As the team lead of the Infrastructure Build Team, you define the vision and strategic plan in consultation with the IT Manager to optimally support the business. You analyze the needs of the organization and translate these into infrastructure and security architecture, roadmap, and projects.
As a generalist with broad knowledge and business interest, you guide new IT developments within the organization. Based on this, you help outline the policy and long-term vision. You set clear priorities and manage your department of professionals in a proactive, structured, and project-based manner.
As a people manager, you are also responsible for coaching the team. You establish an effective department that is customer-oriented and operates from an IT-business partnering perspective. You make decisions regarding buy or build, insourcing, co-sourcing, outsourcing. You contribute to vendor selection, procurement of ICT goods, and external services.
You maintain relationships and communication with all key stakeholders, both internal and external. You implement best practices in terms of work processes and methodology. You oversee ICT delivery throughout the entire organization and ensure the further development of the ICT service. You ensure a smooth transition from build to run and provide information for the IT operations department.
Profile
- You hold an advanced degree in IT.
- You have at least some initial leadership experience.
- You have work experience with a wide range of infrastructure technologies, such as data center and server management, virtualization, security, networking, storage, high availability, cloud computing, and connectivity.
- You have experience with cybersecurity concepts and a vision for how to implement and ensure them.
- You have experience managing and coordinating infrastructure projects.
- You possess extensive technical knowledge and interest and can act as a leader on both strategic and operational levels.
- You have a good conceptual understanding of important ICT market trends, technologies, and solutions and can critically evaluate their potential added value or proactively propose new opportunities.
Competencies
- Critical thinking for effective problem analysis and finding adequate solutions.
- The ability to work independently, make decisions, and ensure timely delivery.
- Excellent interpersonal skills (e.g., bridge-builder), customer-oriented, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical and results-oriented.
- Passionate, decisive, and persuasive.
- Independent and proactive.
- Team player and stress-resistant.
Language Skills
You speak fluent Dutch and English, with French being a significant advantage.
Offer
Clarebout Potatoes is a Belgian company that plays a significant role in the global food industry. The company is characterized by a dynamic working environment where the family spirit is central, and there is the opportunity to grow internationally, resulting in opportunities, development prospects, and challenges.
Clarebout is financially healthy and invests heavily in employees, quality, and sustainable relationships with customers and suppliers. With short communication lines, quick decision-making is possible in every process.
At Clarebout, you get a lot of responsibility, and ownership is encouraged. If you have a good idea, you get the chance to execute it. You work in a continuous project mode, which means there is always a lot of work and new challenges. This environment ensures that your knowledge and skills are fully utilized and offers you the chance to grow and develop.
Employee well-being is also a priority. The party committee organizes events such as a family day, New Year's reception, and special gifts for New Year and Easter. Days like Employee Appreciation Day and Compliment Day are also celebrated. Additionally, there are regular themed lunches organized by the teams.
Clarebout also provides the necessary flexibility with flexible working hours, a day of remote work, and flexible leave.
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Team Lead Infra @ Clarebout
Clarebout Potatoes, headquartered in Heuvelland, originated from the activities of the Clarebout family's original potato business, which was involved in sorting and processing fresh potatoes. In 1988, Jan Clarebout, owner and CEO of Clarebout Potatoes, decided to shift the main activity to processing potatoes into various frozen potato products. These range from different types of frozen fries to specialties and potato flakes.
Clarebout Potatoes has grown to become the largest European producer and one of the world's leading producers of frozen potato products for private labels. They are highly export-oriented, distributing their products worldwide to more than 120 countries, including the Benelux, France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, and Australia. Their customers are in the segments of retail, catering, quick service restaurants, and the food industry. Due to their extensive expertise and over 30 years of experience, Clarebout Potatoes is able to assist customers in developing a unique brand identity.
By closely collaborating with their customers and identifying their needs, they are capable of developing, producing, packaging, and storing products fully tailored to the customer's requirements. Clarebout Potatoes has two state-of-the-art production sites, one in Nieuwkerke and one in Waasten, and is currently building a third production site in Dunkirk as part of their growth, financial opportunities, and stability. Additionally, they have various storage facilities, including in Diksmuide, Comines, Frameries, and more.
Clarebout Potatoes' focus on continuous growth is also evident from their acquisition of Mydibel in 2023, a company whose main activity is processing potatoes into cut, pre-fried, and frozen potato products. Strategic expansions, such as the construction of a third production site and the acquisition of Mydibel, have not only led to a significant increase in production capacity but also a substantial expansion of the workforce. Currently, the company has no less than 2,700 dedicated employees, each playing an essential role in Clarebout Potatoes' success.
This growth has enabled the company to achieve impressive milestones in financial performance. With an annual turnover of over 1 billion euros, Clarebout Potatoes remains a dominant player in the industry. This impressive achievement attests to the effectiveness of the business model, the dedication of the staff, and the continuous focus on quality and innovation.
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