Global Senior Category Manager, Milk Based Beverages - Aarhus

Are you ready to shape the Global Cold Drinks Category Strategy in Arla’s fastest growing business unit? This is a unique opportunity to help build the future of Milk Based Beverages, spanning categories such as ready‑to‑drink (RTD) iced coffee and chocolate milk, with iconic brands including Starbucks, Milka and Galaxy, while also driving expansion into emerging and adjacent categories.

In this role, you will define and deliver a winning global portfolio, innovation, sustainability, and packaging strategy across our strategic brands and beyond.

“You will join a Global Marketing team, working closely with the markets and our commercial teams to further strengthen and deliver our winning category strategy, at our Aarhus headquarter office. You excel in consumer and shopper understanding, strategic thinking and will play a key role in setting the direction for our business” says Categories and Brands Director for Milk Based Beverages, Alexander Isselhorst.

How you will make an impact

In the job you will focus on defining and executing our global drinks category strategy, packaging roadmap and sustainability agenda. You will also develop the next step of our shopper and consumer centric category strategy. You will be a close sparring partner for the MBB leadership team and impact both globally and locally defining the category strategy. Further you will:

• Develop initiatives to drive growth and focus of our category across markets


• Develop new global RTD platforms for existing and new brands


• Generate insights for our innovation pipeline across the category


• Work in a close collaboration with Commercial, Brand, Innovation, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance and Market Research teams 

What will make you successful

You come with relevant experience from a similar position within the FMCG industry. Further, you:

• Have Trade Marketing Experience, with deep understand of shoppers and retailers and have passion for working on global brands such as Starbucks


• Showcase strong strategic thinking and the ability to break down complexity to find solutions, unlock opportunities and confidently set direction


• Are commercially savvy and results-oriented with a track record of successfully driving brand / category development that makes a positive change for the business 


• Are comfortable working with performance, market and consumer data and translate those into insights to drive the growth of our brands and categories


• Thrive in cross functional teams, connect across the network and drive engagement with (senior) stakeholders. Building relations with markets comes naturally to you.  

As a person you will naturally add ambition, build relationships and drive decisions and alignments across the organisation.

What do we offer?

We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. And you’ll join a market leader who produces household-favorite 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?

If you want to drive the future of our drinks category and help shape the industry, then seize this exciting opportunity. Please apply as soon as possible. Application will be dealt with on an ongoing basis.

For additional information, please reach out to the Director of Category and Brands, Alexander Isselhorst, +45 9131 2722.

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with natural, sustainable nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.

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