Job Description

UK Customer Agriculture Manager- 12 month FTC

Location flexible- Regular UK travel & visits to Leeds Head Office required

Are you interested in agriculture and sustainability?

Do you want to be part of one of the largest farming cooperatives in the UK, working with our supermarket and food service customers as well as our farmers to improve the sustainability of dairy?

Benefits

* Competitive salary (salary discussed at application stage)

* 26 days holiday & Bank Holidays

* Flexible working & location

* Pension contribution matched up to 6%

* 4 x annual salary life assurance

* A car to support with travel to farms and customers

* Free to use onsite Gym

* Access to discounted products in our Staff Shop

* People agenda commitment to training and development

* Flexible Benefits- buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.

* Most importantly - Cheese hamper at Christmas!

* Working in a flexible, inclusion focussed culture

What will the role look like?

Due to the acceleration of action on farm in relation to Sustainability, we now have the opportunity to bring in a UK Customer Agriculture contract opportunity. Within this role, you will work closely with the customers and farmers to deliver welfare and sustainability progress on UK farms.

You will manage farmer engagement on behalf of your customers, developing strong relationships with farmers and customer alike. This role will also liase with commercial teams across the business.

You will report into the Senior Customer Sustainability Manager UK.

Key responsibilities include;

* Manage the aligned farmer groups, farmer meetings, customer reporting and issues management on farm which relate to customer standards

* Support the commercial team to engage new and prospective customers on the potential to come onto new programmes

* Ensure regular communication with agriculture team at customers and Arla customer teams to maintain customer support, trust and perception of value for money of the programmes.

* Lead customer specific projects if and where appropriate and capacity allows.

What you’ll need in order to be successful in the role

* Experience working closely with farmers in an agricultural role is desirable

* Experience working with UK retail and food service

* Passion for sustainability

* Excellent communication and relationship building skills

* Ability to manage multiple projects and work cross-functionally

Please be aware this role includes travel to farms and customers across the UK.

Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla

* We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.

* We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.

* We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.

* We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.

Next steps

Please apply directly using the link or reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Acquisition Partner, with any questions. The closing date for this position is 18th November 2024.

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?

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency’s terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels