Opis oferty pracy

Do you have a passion for driving strategic and portfolio management combined with an interest dairy product development? Then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Arla Foods amba is looking for a dedicated and passionate person to support building and driving the innovation direction within Early Life and Family Nutrition in combination with product developments within powder based products.

About the job

Based on our Future 26 strategy specific areas has been identified as areas of knowledge, growth and opportunity. We call them Strongholds. Reporting to the Lead of the Early Life and Family Nutrition Stronghold you will be part of a team of dedicated product developers focused on developing powder based products and solutions for infants, toddlers and families. In your role you can look forward to working with science, technology and nutrition specialists across Innovation ensuring that the right strategy is in place and that it is executed in the best way possible across internal resources and partnerships with start-ups, universities or other relevant vendors. Your responsibilities will be:

  • Defining the long-term road-map for the Organic Early Nutrition and Family Nutrition Strongholds by together with our functional experts defining the right projects across the areas research, science, nutrition, packaging development, physics, consumer science etc that will help us get or remain competitive in the market 5 to 10 years out.
  • Manage the NPD and Stronghold project portfolio for Early Life and Family Nutrition
  • Hands on product development work to deliver powder based products primarily within the Dano and Milex brands of Family Nutrition
  • Equipping your Stronghold Lead  with the needed data to prioritize between the project and collaboration activities available given the people and budget available.
  • Ensuring delivery of the defined road-map via cross-functional teams.

You will be working at the Arla Innovation Centre in the north of Aarhus. The Innovation Centre is at the heart of the Danish Food cluster – ranked first in the EU in terms of business investment in food and drink R&D. You will work with a broad range of different stakeholders across the organization both local and global and will consequently manage and influence a large network.

Who are you

In the position the ability to think long term, drive a strategic agenda, manage a project portfolio and participate in product development projects is key. Consequently your ability to establish relationships, solve challenges, work in very structured way and manage stakeholder is essential. You easily navigate in a professional environment, collaborate across different functional areas and are driven by creating results. Preferably you also have a product development understanding.

Additionally you:

  • Hold a Master degree in Food Science,  Dairy Science, Dairy Engineering or similar relevant education
  • Have a holistic and strategic approach to your tasks and the ability to tie specialists to your category by fostering a sense of unity
  • Business development and portfolio management skills are not a requirement, but a plus
  • Have exceptional communication skill enabling you to deliver clear-cut messages
  • Have excellent English written and spoken skills.

What do we offer?

You will be joining us in a new role you have a big opportunity to impact, both here and now and on the longer term. Moreover, you will be joining an organisation committed to professional development and promoting from within. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. And you’ll join a market leader who produces nutritious household-favourite brands in a way that makes things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.

Application and contact

We will review applications and invite for interviews on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. For additional information, please contact Senior Innovation Manager Simon M. M. Pedersen at +45 8746 6754.

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?

 

Apply online:  https://careers.arla.com/job/Aarhus-N-NPD-Manager-and-Innovation-Roadmap-Developer-in-Early-Life-and-Family-Nutrition-Arhus/859770501/

Szczegółowe informacje o ofercie pracy
Sektor:
Manufacture of food products
Pole zawodu:
Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)
Doświadczenie zawodowe:
Work experience is not required
Umiejętności językowe:
  • English
  • Very good
Widełki wynagrodzeń:
Not provided
Date of expiry:

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