Chief Technical Officer (Manufacturing)
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Description
This is a remote position.
Location: Remote
Engagement Type: Fractional/ Advisory (16 hours per month)
Time zone: CET ± 3 hours
We are looking for a Fractional CTO with deep FMCG and Manufacturing experience to provide strategic advisory on technology, innovation, and data-driven transformation. The CTO will guide the company in transitioning to a data-led operating model, optimising SAP and CRM systems, leveraging AI, and enabling actionable insights for sales, marketing, and operations.
Key Deliverables:
- Advise on a technology roadmap that integrates AI, CRM, SAP, cloud, and data-driven systems to support business growth and operational efficiency.
- Provide strategic guidance on end-to-end system architecture, ensuring seamless integration between cloud-based and on-prem infrastructure.
- Recommend AI-enabled tools for product design, creative testing, and market insights.
- Guide initiatives for geo-tagging and geo-tracking to empower the sales team with actionable customer and product intelligence.
- Advise on data-driven sales operations, including product visibility, strategic product push, and portfolio simplification.
- Provide oversight on digital transformation programs, ensuring that technology enables sales, marketing, and operational teams to make informed decisions.
- Support organizational change management, helping teams adopt AI, cloud, SAP, and analytics solutions effectively.
- Advise on sustainability, smart manufacturing, and advanced R&D technologies, ensuring alignment with long-term business strategy.
- Represent the company in industry forums, innovation councils, and strategic partnerships with technology providers, startups, and academic institutions.
Requirements
Ideal Profile:
- Proven experience as a CTO or senior technology leader in FMCG or Manufacturing, preferably in marketing-led or data-driven organizations.
- Strong advisory experience with SAP, CRM platforms, AI tools, and cloud-based architectures.
- Deep understanding of sales enablement, product portfolio strategy, and data-driven decision-making.
- Experience guiding large-scale digital and enterprise transformation programs across multi-national operations.
- Ability to strategically align technology investments with business priorities and guide executive teams in actionable decisions