Senior Product Developer, Cheese – Aarhus

Job title:

Senior Product Developer, Cheese – Aarhus

Company:

Arla Foods

Job description

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 cheese product development?
This could be your chance to join a global company that takes natural products very seriously. Based at our Innovation Centre in Aarhus, Denmark, you will join a team of resourceful colleagues in the Cheese Product Development Team. So, if you are a cheese lover and eager to take part in the development of tomorrow’s cheese, we would like to hear from you.How you will make an impactThe Cheese category is of high importance to Arla Foods and a major contributor to the success of the business through well-loved products and brands. As such it’s key to ensure that we stay relevant for our consumers and customers through a combination of launching new cheese products and optimizing the existing portfolio whilst reducing complexity in our supply chain. The overall aim for your job is to deliver the cheese products of the future through impassioned and strong product and process development skills.

• As one of our cheese experts you will be delivering product understanding and technical know-how in order to drive product quality, new innovations and continued competitiveness across our cheese portfolio.
• You will be part of the end-to-end process from ideation to handover and implementation and your key responsibility will be to lead/ participate in product development and be hands-on in developing, testing and documenting new and optimised cheese products. This role puts you in a unique position to have a major impact on the future success of the organisation.
• Furthermore, you will lead selected product and process-related activities and closely collaborate with your team as well as across Arla functions.

In short, you will use your creativity to evolve and develop our cheese assortment by translating market demands into ready-to-use product recipes and processes. Your assignments will include recipe and process development, product testing, trouble shooting, data collection, documentation and project management. You will have many touch points within Arla as well as with external partners and suppliers.What will make you successful?

• You have a background within dairy, food technology or food science.

• You have min. 5 years of hands-on experience from a similar position or from a production environment where you have successfully built a solid base of product and process knowledge.
• You are curious, open minded and able to see things in the broader perspective, just as you need to be persistent in order to deliver your projects on time and budget.
• You display a strong sense of quality both for product but also in your work allowing you to plan and organise your activities and document your findings accordingly.
• You are good at keeping an eye on details as well as juggling with several tasks at the same time without losing the overview. You are fond of cheese and take pleasure in tasting the products and presenting and engaging other people in the world of cheese.
• As part of a global team, you must be fluent in written and spoken English.

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 favourite brands in a way that make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.Would you like to join us?
For questions please contact Andy Reid, Head of Cheese Product Development, on (+45) 91316667. We process applications on a continuous basis and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found.We have a purpose for GoodAt Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it 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?BEWARE! RECRUITMENT FRAUD
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Expected salary

Location

Aarhus, Midtjylland

Job date

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:16:23 GMT

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