Is your mind set on innovation, and are you looking for a job where you combine theoretical know-how of food technology with hands-on product development in an exciting category?  

This could be your chance to join a large global company that takes natural products seriously. Based at one of key Innovation production sites Upahl between Wismar and Lübeck, you will be part of the Innovation team in our Fermented Category, with a focus on our Global Stronghold of Skyr & Quark. So, if you are passionate about working at a fast pace environment and creating the future of brands Arla Skyr, Arla Protein and many more then this could be the next career move for you.

Your aim -  Develop Fermented dairy products of the future

Your tasks Your main goal is to develop new fermented dairy products as well as line extensions across the Fermented category including the Arla brand and other local strategic bets & private label. As such, you will be leading a large number of product development projects of varying size and, with hands on approach, you will drive the activities from start to finish. This role puts you in a unique position to have a major impact on the future success of the organization.  Especially important -> You work and live in a region where others go on vacation. The picturesque cities of Lübeck, Schwerin and Wismar are in the immediate vicinity. The Baltic Sea invites you to swim in the summer.

• Turning concepts into innovative new products in order to give Arla a commercial advantage
• Optimizing the cost / value of new and existing products, working closely with marketing, commercial, suppliers, our supply chain and other stakeholders
• Take lead on product and process development projects, including recipe finalization, cost management, quality assurance and legal assessment
• Developing proto-types, kitchen and pilot scale and upscaling into the factory 
• Working closely with Innovation Managers and Brand Managers and colleagues within Fermented dairy to act as a strong and credible technical sparring partner in discussions
• Closely collaborate with key stakeholders within e.g. new product development (NPD), ingredient suppliers, marketing, production site, product management, quality assurance, regulatory
• Project Management, including being able to provide a clear status of a development project,  opportunities, risks and project timeline

Your profile

• Degree within Food Science and Technology, Dairy Technology or similar
• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in an FMCG / Dairy environment in the area of New Product Development ( NPD ), Research & Development ( R&D )  or Product Innovation
• Cross functional project management experience is important as well as being hands on
• You must be fluent in English in order to navigate in an international environment and German is really advantageous to navigate locally 
• Finally, you are  good at communicating clearly, building personal relations both across organizational levels and externally

Benefits

• Work-life balance: 30 days holiday & flexible working.
• Culture: Our unique, Scandinavian corporate culture with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths within our cooperative structure; as well as a high degree of appreciation, especially through our feedback culture with regular 1:1 meetings and our dialogues.
• Team: You are part of the product development team for fermented products. We place great emphasis on growing and working together as a team, both locally and internationally.
• Development: Access to our learning library for online training and world-wide career opportunities.
• Employee benefits: Access to the Corporate Benefits Programs with attractive discounts for your well-being and budget.
• Sustainability: With our sustainability strategy 'Stronger Planet Stronger People' we aim to reduce our Co2 emissions by 30% by 2030.
• Location: Culinary catering in our company restaurant with daily fresh dishes - refined with our Arla products.

Application & Contact

If you want to seize this exciting new role to drive the Skyr/Quark category for Arla and accelerate your career, then please apply as soon as possible. We process applications on a continuous basis and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found. For further information, please contact Corina Conen, Interim Manager Recruitment, at +49- 152-54 89 20 25. Please indicate how you became aware of this job advertisement.

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?

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