Business Development Manager "Digital Farm", Arla - Aarhus

at  Arla Foods

Are you passionate about driving the digital development of sustainable dairy farming? Arla is seeking a Business Development Manager to join our team and play a key role in our transformation towards a more sustainable future.
In this role, you will drive strategic business development projects to accelerate Arla’s sustainability journey. Your initial focus will be on digital solutions aimed at both supporting farmers on their sustainability journey and enabling commercialization of these improvements. You will work closely with colleagues in sustainability, commercial area and digital to ensure the successful implementation of our big bet - enabling sustainable dairy farming for our owners.
The role is located at our HQ in Viby and you will be part of the Sustainability Development team.

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?

You will take a central role in driving key sustainability projects and supporting the delivery of Arla’s Digital Farm big bet with responsibility for leading one or more of our key workstreams. You will get to collaborate with broad group of stakeholders across the Arla organization – including leadership team members, business and IT specialists, and our farmer owners – and identify how we can provide even better digital products to accelerate the sustainability journey.

• Support progress reporting and stakeholder management for the overall Digital Farm big bet
• Drive workstreams, ensuring timely delivery while managing time, scope, and quality.
• Manage workstream members and stakeholders, fostering efficient communication.
• Plan and manage tasks to achieve specified objectives.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and issues, and proactively mitigate them.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, research, and similar activities.
• Provide feedback and share key learnings and observations