Job Description

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the world\'s favourite dairy products. We make healthy taste delicious, mornings worth getting up for and family dinners unforgettable. Puck\xc2\xae, Dano\xc2\xae, Lurpak\xc2\xae and Castello\xc2\xae - names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world. There are 30+ employees in the South East Asia and 19,000 global employees at the heart of our business. Every single one of us plays an important role and together we build on our 12bn Euros turnover and establish our position as one of the largest dairy companies in the world.

Execute and deliver for Food Service innovation

Our ambitions are high for the Food Service segment and our aim is to translate channel strategy into category plans and to support the delivery of category targets. Based in Kuala Lumpur and reporting to the Head of QSR SEA, you will also coordinate with global and local Foodservice teams to develop category plans, define/drive regional NPD pipeline/plans, design and execute marketing activities. To do so, you will :

• Support and assist commercial QSR and Food Service execution
• Help generate target sales objectives
• Secure contact with R&D teams at customers, co-development and demonstrations in-house or at customer location
• Make Chef sales calls to biggest Key Accounts in the region to help and support commercial execution
• Conceptualize and execute menu ideations for Foodservice accounts
• Works closely with marketing by contributing chefs\' insights, food market and beverage trends
• Work in close cooperation with Global Innovation and Foodservice teams and act as a strong backup and support on product applications, performance and functionality
• Execute and evaluate product benchmarking and testing experiments in application in the kitchen
• Presentation of products through technical and food demonstrations
• Create a regional network with colleagues, chefs and other relevant Foodservice groups
• Create and head an industry leading training program, developing product knowledge and application skills across our stakeholders
• Contribute with new ideas, knowledge and inventions that stimulate further innovation for Arla and its foodservice customers
• Need to be able to travel 30-50 days a year in Southeast Asia as well as 10-15+ days Globally
• Contribute to a positive and safe working environment

You will also Execute and deliver high-profile/specialist projects with a direct impact on functional success, challenge processes and practices identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement

Solid Food Service background

You are an experienced chef preferably topped with an academic experience in innovation, or similar 5-10 years of relevant experience within international food innovation. You should have strong knowledge of food and ingredients and customer dynamics to lead tailored marketing initiatives and a commercial mindset to focus in the creation of development solutions. You are a specialized towards the QSR and hot kitchen FSR channels but also master basic fundamentals within baking. You have a strong applications expertise and thrive in leading regional initiatives through a matrix organisation, an expert in creating provocative presentations and masters a high level of written and spoken English.

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 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?

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