Assistant Brand Manager - Solna

Location:

Solna, SE

Are you a top talent with a passion for marketing? Do you want to develop your business
leadership and work with well-known and loved brands in the Swedish market? We are
searching for a future Assistant Brand Manager to join the Arla Sweden Marketing team in Stockholm.

Arla is a cooperative owned by European farmers with the ambition to be at the forefront of the food industry and bring health and inspiration to the world, naturally. To do so, we need the best talents who have the desire to take part in our transformation journey, who strive to develop in a global environment and who are looking to drive and deliver our ambitious growth agenda.

As an Assistant Brand Manager for Arla Growth Territory you will be responsible for the Stronger Me (Arla Mild Kvarg and Greek) portfolio cross Sweden as well as support the Health From Within (Arla Cultura and Arla Lactofree) portfolio. Together with your colleagues in different category teams and other key functions you will support and develop our position within the two Growth Territories - Stronger Me and Health From Within.

How you will make an impact

In the position as Assistant Brand manager, your key responsibilities will be to drive the execution of our category plan including product launches, packaging design and communication. You will build strong relationships with internal cross-functional teams across Arla Foods – e.g. work close with the sales & customer marketing function to identify the category growth potentials and with e.g. NPD, Supply chain to bring solutions to unlock that potential.

In addition. Your responsibilities will include:

Develop yearly Brand plan for Stronger Me & input to Category Strategy
Own, analyze & drive Stronger Me portfolio including business performance, MS development & pipeline
Owner of budget, POS & P&L
Lead & drive ATL/BTL comms
Lead design projects
Support and lead Stronger Me events and fairs
Collaborate with agencies and other important partners and stakeholders , both external and internal to execute strategy and plans for Stronger Me portfolio
Support Arla Health From Within Brand Manager with analysis, BC & projects

What will make you successful

We believe that you have strong personal leadership skills and a growth mindset – willing to develop and challenge the status quo. Your collaboration skills are strong and you have excellent influencing skills. Diligent project management will be crucial to effectively drive the Arla Growth Territories forward.

A strong academic track record with a completed university degree, likely in marketing
Relevant work experience is a plus. We have the possibility to tailor the role and will adjust it to the right candidate, therefore we will consider candidates both with and without previous work experience within brand management
High proficiency in English and Swedish is required

What do we offer?

We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within and we offer you
freedom and accountability. You will have the chance to shape and develop the role. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. And you’ll join a market leader who produces nutritious household favorite brands in a way that make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.

Arla Foods has collective agreements, and we always ensure to offer good and competitive working conditions. In addition to that, safety and working environment are our top priorities, which is why we, among other things, conduct random drug and alcohol tests.

Create the future – Grow with Arla

Application and contact

We will start screening during the second week of January, and we will fill the position as soon as we have found the right candidate but please apply no later than 2025-01-15. For questions regarding the role, please contact Brand Manager Caroline Arentoft caare@arlafoods.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?

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