Customer Agriculture Manager

Summary: The Customer Agriculture Manager role at Arla Foods involves managing relationships between farmers and customers to enhance sustainability in dairy farming. This position requires regular travel across the UK and collaboration with various teams to ensure customer satisfaction and adherence to agricultural standards. The role is a 7-month fixed-term contract based in Leeds, with a focus on fostering strong partnerships and driving sustainability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage aligned farmer groups, meetings, customer reporting, and issues related to customer standards.
• Support the commercial team in engaging new and prospective customers for new programs.
• Ensure regular communication with agriculture teams at customers and Arla to maintain support and trust.
• Lead customer-specific projects as capacity allows.

Key Skills:

• Experience working closely with farmers in an agricultural role.
• Experience with UK retail and food service.
• Passion for sustainability.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work cross-functionally.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Leeds

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other