Junior Brand & Category Manager - Stockholm

Are you a top talent with a passion for marketing? 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 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 Junior Brand & Category Manager in the Cheese team, working with brands such as Arla, Arla Ko, Arla Familjefavoriter or Wästgöta Kloster, you will be responsible for developing and driving a strategic portfolio of cheese products and brands. Together with your colleagues in the marketing team you will own and develop these brand and category positions, to deliver on our ambitious growth targets.

About the role

Key responsibilities:
Lead and implement the marketing plans for our Cheese category and brand in Sweden.
Support the strategic direction based on consumer & category insights and develop plans to grow brand and category penetration.
Be a category leader by analyzing and elaborating action plans to win within our segments and ensure profitability & net revenue growth (product offer, positioning, price, promo)
Drive NPD & other brand related projects.
Work on yearly communication plan & content, from insights to execution, ensuring both long- & short-term business growth behind right balanced emotional/tactical communication plan.
Collaborate with agencies to execute strategy and plans.
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.


Who are you?
A strong academic track record with a completed university degree, likely in marketing
Relevant work experience is a plus. We have the possibility to tailor the role and will adjust it to the right candidate, therefore we will consider candidates both with and without previous work experience within brand and category management
As a person, you have strong personal leadership skills and a growth mindset – willing to develop and challenge the status quo.
Eager to use your strong analytical skills to unveil business opportunities among market/consumer data
Your collaboration skills are strong and you have excellent influencing skills.
Diligent project management will be crucial to effectively drive the brand positions forward.
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.

Create the future – Grow with Arla

Application and contact
We screen on an ongoing basis and will fill the position as soon as we have found the right
candidate. For questions regarding the role, please contact Antoine Riche at anric@arlafoods.com .

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?