Location:Solna, SE

Do you want to work in a highly collaborative & business driven team in an international environment with possibilities to develop your business leadership and work with market leading and loved brands on the Swedish market? We are searching for an Assistant Product Manager for our Speciality Cheese (dessert cheese) category to join the Arla Sweden Marketing team in Stockholm. You will report to the Senior Category Manager for BSM & SPC, but will also support the Yellow Cheese category on their Private label business.

Arla’s market leading dessert cheese products are well known and frequently consumed by Swedish consumers through local and global brands such as Kvibille® and Castello®.

We are on an exciting growth journey and need driven, energetic and innovative people to take our category to the next level. Do you like the idea of being involved in and impacting the future growth of the category and optimizing the product portfolio based on category, brand & private label strategies - then this is an exciting role for you!

How you will make an impact
Assistant Product Manager works in close collaboration with Brand and Product Managers in developing our portfolio. You will also collaborate with a wide stakeholder network within Marketing, Sales, Innovation & Supply chain. You will deliver on local plans and our ambitious growth targets. To be successful in this role you need to be a great collaborator & coordinator, have a solution orientated approach and be accurate. The role includes administrative tasks with clear deadlines in a wide range of systems, so being structured & good at planning/self-management is crucial.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive and participate in projects, processes and procedures to achieve operational targets and service standards key to business delivery.
• A key focus will be to drive product and packaging related activities such as execution of product launches and changes of products and packaging.
• Drive profitability and net revenue growth of the portfolio through portfolio optimization.
• Support the strategic direction setting based on consumer & category insights and develop plans to grow Arla’s business.
• Build strong relationships with internal cross-functional teams across Arla Foods – e.g. work close with supply chain, dairies and sales to deliver on common projects.
• Coordinate and handle the Private label portfolio for Yellow Cheese.

What will make you successful

• A strong academic track record with a completed university degree.
• Relevant work experience is a plus.
• As a person, you are curious, 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 deliver in the role.
• Arla corporate language is English. Strong Swedish skills are required since many of systems linked to customers require accurately written Swedish.

What do we offer?
We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within and we offer you
freedom and accountability. 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. You will be joining an ambitious team that emphasize collaboration, leadership and inclusivity, and that works passionately delivering growth.

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.

Application and contact
We screen on an ongoing basis and will fill the position as soon as we have found the right candidate but will close the application period on 2024-12-17. For questions, please contact hiring manager Magdalena Falk on mafal1@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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