Assistant Innovation Manager - Stockholm

Are you a top talent with a passion for marketing, consumers & innovation? Do you want to develop your business leadership and work with well-known and loved brands in the Swedish market? We are searching for a future marketing & innovation leader to join the Arla Sweden Marketing team in Stockholm.

Arla is a cooperative owned by European farmers with the ambition to be at the forefront of the food industry and bring health and inspiration to the world, naturally. To do so, we need the best talents who have the desire to take part in our transformation journey, who strive to develop in a global environment and who are looking to drive and deliver our ambitious growth agenda.

As an Assistant Commercial Innovation Manager you will be responsible for developing Innovation projects from idea to business approval. Together with your colleagues in the Commercial Innovation team you will manage a portfolio of projects that compliments our global pipeline building relevant innovation projects for the next generation of Swedish consumers from products to sustainability to digital.

At Arla Foods we want to create the conditions for our colleagues to have a sustainable work life by offering flexibility and the opportunity to work in the office and remotely; based on the needs of the business and the employees. We call it the “Power of the Mix”.

About the role
Key responsibilities:
Support the strategic direction of the innovation portfolio based on consumer & category insights.
Owner of specific innovation projects
Project management of Innovation Project teams
Gate Meeting presentations including development of a business case
Collaborate with external partners to build competencies & ideas
Build strong relationships with internal cross-functional teams across Arla Foods – e.g. work close with the sales & customer marketing function to identify the category growth potentials and with e.g. NPD and Supply chain to bring solutions to unlock that potential.
Drive scale across EU category markets with NPD projects


Who are you?
A curious personality who wants to drive change
A strong academic track record with a completed university degree
Relevant work experience is a plus, most likely within innovation or marketing
As a person, you have strong personal leadership skills and a growth mindset – willing to develop and challenge the status quo.
Your collaboration skills are strong and you have excellent influencing skills.
Diligent project management will be crucial to effectively drive the innovation projects
The corporate language is English, strong Swedish skills is a plus.


What do we offer?
We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within and we offer you
freedom and accountability. You will have the chance to shape and develop the role. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you. And you’ll join a market leader who produces nutritious household favorite brands in a way that make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the whole world.