Global Senior Commercial Manager, Arla Protein - Europe

The Arla Protein brand is one of Arla’s fastest growing brands and is expanding into new markets across the world, launching attention grabbing communication and launching products across categories. We are looking for a commercially driven Senior Commercial Manager to craft impactful commercial strategies, being at the forefront of building and expanding the Arla Protein brand,

How you will make an impact

Reporting to the Director of Arla Protein, you will play a critical role in building the Arla Protein brand. Currently worth over 133 million Euros and expanding by 31%, you will be working with your team and cross markets to develop the Arla Protein and Melkunie Protein brands which have a huge growth potential in the coming years. It will be your task to be part of developing the commercial strategy for the brand alongside the Commercial Manager in the team. You will be responsible for business development and creating strong 4P strategies to drive future growth.

More specifically, you will:  

• Lead and own key parts of the channel strategy as well as supporting markets with placement strategy across channels (retail, convenience, e-comm etc.)
• Take leadership of our international expansion strategy, working with markets globally to create strong growth plans
• Be project manager on complex projects that ensure optimal growth, e.g. site moves and third party manufacturers
• Take ownership of our core portfolio, ensuring we have the right range with clear direction for markets on market roll out opportunities and ranging recommendations
• Be responsible for informal day to day management of the Commercial Manager in the team

For this role, you can be based in any of our European markets; Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands or UK. You should expect travel activities corresponding to a few times a month across Europe (if you are based in Viby Denmark, travel will be less) and otherwise work from home or utilize our offices in one of our European markets. Travel requirements will vary through the year.

What will make you successful

You have an open, positive and commercially-driven mindset with a desire to “get things done”. You are self-driven with a strong growth mindset and enjoy working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. Your level of drive is far above average, and your problem solving skills enable you to challenge status quo and deliver ambitious solutions.

At the same time, you are able to create and develop positive relationships with people while also speaking up and challenging when the need arises. As a team player, you get your energy from engaging with a broad group of stakeholders in order to drive excellence in execution.

Besides this, you:

• Have solid experience working within a similar commercially focused marketing, category or sales role within FMCG
• Are able to translate consumer, channel, customer and business needs into strategy, proposition and concrete business results
• Are familiar with the entire marketing process and ideally have had hands-on commercial experience, either in the roles of sales, trade marketing or marketing
• Have the know-how to operate in a matrix set-up and a good understanding of the full value chain
• Can thoroughly analyse performance, drive growth, and collaborate with Sales & Marketing to succeed
• Are fluent in English

What are we about in the Marketing and Commercial Operations team?

In the Marketing and Commercial Operations team, which is part of the Global Arla brand unit, we drive transformational change for profitable growth. We aim to be number one for our customers and consumers. Our diverse team emphasizes courageous leadership, trust, collaboration, and delivering results while connecting markets, fostering inclusivity, and working passionately while having fun. If you're ready to make an impact, we want you on our team!

Application and contact

Go for it and apply as soon as possible. Interviews will commence imminently. For additional information, please contact Rachel Campbell on +44 7989201257. We will process applications on a continuous basis and close the position when we have the right candidate.

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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