Product Developer - Arla Innovation Centre Arhus

at  Arla Foods

Location:Aarhus N, DK
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 product development in an exciting, growing category?
This could be your chance to join a large global company that takes natural products seriously. Based in state-of-the-art innovation center in Aarhus as well in Esbjerg on production sites, you will work around the Innovation team in our Milk Based Beverages (MBB) business unit. So, if you are passionate about working at a fast pace and creating the future of brands such as Arla Protein, this could be the job for you.

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?

We need you to be a technical specialist, but also have the ability to think strategically and work closely with business stakeholders. Other main responsibilities will include:

• Turning concepts into innovative new products in order to give Arla a commercial advantage
• Optimizing the cost / value of new and existing products, working closely with global marketing, suppliers, our supply chain and other stakeholders
• Leading product and process development projects, including recipe finalization, cost management, quality assurance and legal assessment
• Working closely with Brand Managers and colleagues within MBB Innovation to act as a strong and credible technical sparring partner in discussions
• Acts as a knowledge expert in key areas, especially long-life ambient products and processes
• Project Management, including being able to provide a clear status of a development project, opportunities, risks and project timeline