Global Culinary Lead, Core Portfolio - Aarhus

Do you want to be part of growing Food Service, our Arla Pro brand and our Core Portfolio?

Are you passionate about great food experiences and want to develop the future of dairy in Foodservice? This role can be your chance to make a difference together with a passionate and engaged team.

We are looking for a passionate Global Culinary Lead who will help us shape our Core portfolio and Culinary agenda by identifying customer pains and gains on our existing product offering and creating sharp value propositions to grow our Core Portfolio in the future.

This role will be based in the Arla Innovation Center in Aarhus and be part of the Arla Pro Brand, Core Portfolio and Sustainability team and have focus on Core Portfolio categories, among which are comprised yellow cheese, soft serve, milkshake mix, milk, yoghurt and fermented, cooking cream, sauces and more.

How you will make an impact

As our new Global Culinary Lead you will seek to engage, excite and enthuse our Arla Pro team and our customers, demonstrating high level of expertise and passion for the QSR and FSR Channels. You will also drive and support the development and delivery of bespoke recipes for our organized chains customers, and have direct dialogue with these customers to identify the sight solutions for their specific needs.

Furthermore, you will have a close collaboration with our Jr Culinary lead and with the whole Core Portfolio team. You will primarily - but not exclusively - provide technical & application expertise, culinary inspiration and channel insights. You will contribute to shaping our Core Portfolio assortment and pipeline by defining how current and new products are to meet customer needs from a culinary perspective, down to the technical specs, also testing and assessing how our current products and prototypes under development deliver to those requirements. You will be engaging and collaborating with our customers to observe their needs and capture their pains and gains, thus it’s important that you’re able to build strong customer relationships.

In brief, in this role you can look forward to:

• Own the culinary agenda for the Core Portfolio – identifying customer needs and opportunities together with the Core portfolio team, while also supporting on customer visits and audits

• Apply your culinary skills and spend time in our kitchen, testing ingredients and applications, for evaluations and experimenting,  providing relevant suggestions and actions accordingly

• Support our innovation projects through ideation, testing and co-creation workshops - scoping and defining development opportunities based on compelling trends, insights and end-user needs
• Work closely with new product development, production and supply chain colleagues to investigate possibilities for our products development and performance  

• Build strong insights for training & marketing material, as well as organise internal and external product training and sell-in
• Be a pillar of product quality, functionality and performance for products within the existing portfolio and in new projects

Apart from your team, you will be part of our Global Arla Pro Culinary Community and have a wide variety of stakeholders across the whole value chain of Arla. You should expect at least 20-25 days of travel per year.

What will make you successful
We are looking for a passionate Global Culinary Lead with an ability to create relevant commercial opportunities for our customers. This is a pivotal role, where you will be the voice of the customer and as such, engaging with customers should be one of your key drivers. You also have a good ability to structure data and test with scientific method assumptions or hypothesis, digesting complex observations into simple and actionable insights.

Moreover, we imagine that you:

• Are a passionate foodie with a desire to share your passion in a customer-facing role
• Have an education and experience within the culinary field, or closely linked to food
• Ideally have practical experience from a professional kitchen, combined with a technical or commercial background
• It’s an advantage if you have experience working in a more customer-facing role and within the FMCG environment
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders, both internally and externally 
• Have a strong interest in global culinary trends and of the total global foodservice market
• Have the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders both internally and externally

• Are fluent in English on a professional level both in writing and verbally 

What do we offer? 

Becoming a part of Arla Pro, you will join a professional and fun team with big ambitions. If you want to help shaping the Foodservice industry and put your stamp on an area which is highly prioritised, join a team where we enjoy bouncing ideas around and inspiring each other to push our work forward and to unlock the growth potential for our customers.

Application and contact

Please apply as soon as possible as we process applications on an ongoing basis. If you have any specific questions about the role that are important before sending your application, please call Brand & Core Portfolio Director, Viviana Capaccio, on +46 733 15 78 21. 

Shape the Future of Dairy 

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to producing high-quality products while championing sustainability and innovation. We're passionate about people and our planet, striving to unleash the full potential in each of us. Our goal is to make healthy dairy nutrition and good food habits accessible to all. Join us at Arla Foods and become part of a worldwide cooperative dedicated to making a significant impact on the planet and steering the dairy industry towards a sustainable future. 

We are devoted to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. Diversity and collaboration are key to our success, propelling us to new heights in the dairy industry. 

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