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Portfolio Development Coordinator (Temporary - 1 year), Arla Foods Ingredients - Aarhus

Fixed-term Position 10 to 12 months

8260 Viby (Denmark)

Published on 17 June 2026

  • Contract

    Fixed-term Position 10 to 12 months

  • Location

    8260 Viby (Denmark)

  • Start date

    As soon as possible

  • Salary

    Information not provided

  • Remote working

    Not specified

Arla Foods Ingredients is a global leader in natural whey ingredients. Our products are applied in products in a wide range of categories - from bakery, beverages and dairy to sports, medical, and infant nutrition.

We are now looking for a new colleague to join our Portfolio Development team at our global headquarters in Aarhus, in the one year temporary position. Together, we drive AFI's strategic portfolio development and help shape the future of our fast-growing business.

How you will make an impact

In this role, you will play a key part in strengthening our data-driven portfolio decisions and support the critical planning and allocation processes across the business. You will work at the intersection of data, tools, and commercial insights-helping ensure transparency, alignment, and informed decision-making across regions and product categories.

Your key focus areas will include
  • Develop and maintain product allocation tools and overviews on global and regional level
  • Build and structure our Tactical Product Plan for 2027, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities
  • Drive and coordinate progress on one of our product roadmaps, ensuring cross-functional alignment
  • Collaborate closely with our business units to ensure alignment on strategic direction and becoming a trusted portfolio partner to the commercial organisation
  • Support ongoing improvement and optimisation of data models, tools, and reporting frameworks

What will make you successful

You combine strong analytical capabilities with solid business understanding and thrive in a role that requires collaboration across functions and geographies.

We imagine you bring
  • A relevant Master's degree within business, economics, or similar
  • Strong analytical skills and experience working with data, tools, or business intelligence
  • A strategic mindset with the ability to structure recommendations and create high-quality decision material
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong command of English at negotiation level

In addition, you have a strong drive and a true team-player mindset.

Would you like to join us?

If you want to seize this exciting opportunity, please send your résumé as soon as possible. We review applications on an ongoing basis and will close the position once the right candidate is found.

For additional information, please contact Head of Portfolio Development, Ida Thomsen, at < email deleted for security reasons >.

About Arla Foods Ingredients

Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) is an independent company within the Arla Foods Group, consisting of a little over 2,000 colleagues globally. Our headquarters is located in Aarhus, Denmark. However, we have a global presence with subsidiaries and regional sales offices spanning South America, Asia, Europe, and Northern America.

We are the global leader in improving premium nutrition and our purpose is clear Together we discover and deliver powerful nutrition for a stronger tomorrow. Together with our customers, research partners, suppliers, NGO's and others, we discover and deliver ingredients and products that can advance lifelong nutrition for the benefit of consumers around the world.

By joining us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to shape your own development in a company that has achieved double-digit growth every year for a quarter of a century. While our factories may be packed with shiny steel vats, our labs look like something from the space program and our offices are awash in spreadsheets, we are a fundamentally human company with a genuine commitment to sustainability. Read more about what it means to work with Arla Foods Ingredients Job & Career | Arla Foods Ingredients

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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Application deadline

As long as the job is online

Study level

Master level or equivalent

Job Category

Management, Consulting & Strategy

More about the company

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