ARLA - Business Development Associate, Aarhus

Are you ready for to kick off your career where you can have direct impact on the implementation of Arla Foods' new corporate strategy, Future26? This is an unique opportunity to join Arla Foods’ Group Strategy team and set your mark on the future direction on one of the largest FMCG companies in the Nordics.

About the job

You will join the Group Strategy team and become an integral part of lifting our joint agenda which consists of a series of responsibilities for our executive management team. You will support and participate in:

• Our new corporate strategy implementation work – including co-leading the process and governance needed for executing our new strategy or directly drive some of our strategic bets
• The delivery of key strategic projects directly to top management
• Executive support to CEO and wider Executive Management Team incl. annual business planning process, strategy workshops, presentations to Board of Directors etc.

This position offers you an excellent opportunity to work with strategy and business development directly with our top management and other senior leaders. It will provide you ample of development opportunities as we have very broad exposure to different tasks and network across the full organization.

Group Strategy is part of the larger Strategy & Business Development team anchored with the CFO. The Group Strategy team consists of 8 high-calibre people with e.g. top-tier consulting backgrounds. The team has significant opportunities to truly impact our business as we are working on the most critical strategic projects across the full value chain.

For the right candidate, this could also be the platform for an international career and expatriation in one of our markets abroad.

Who are you

You have a business economics, finance or similar degree at Master’s level and are either a  recent graduate at the top of your class or you have 1-2 years’ experience from a top-tier management-consulting firm or similar kind of experience from the industry.

We expect that:

• You are a strong problem solver that can apply strategic thinking
• You are able to effectively communicate issues and recommendations in a structured way
• You have analytical capabilities and are able to work with complex and quantitative data
• You have an emerging project management toolbox         

Moreover, you should be a strong change agent with an open mind as you will be working across many markets and organizational areas. Your level of drive lies far above average, and your can-do-attitude enables you to challenge the status quo and come up with ambitious solutions. An solid command of PowerPoint, Excel, and English is a must.

Finally, you are a team player that will be part of a high-performing group of people. You will positively engage in developing the Group Strategy team and drive a winning culture across the strategy community.

Application and contact

If you want to seize this exciting opportunity, please apply as soon as possible. We will review all incoming applications on an ongoing basis. For additional information, please contact Group Strategy Senior Manager, Mikkel Pedersen on mikpe@arlafoods.com

Apply online: Business Development Associate - Aarhus (arla.com)

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?