Global QEHS Whey Business Partner, Quality, Arla Foods Ingredients - UK or Aarhus

Are you passionate about driving quality excellence in the food industry? Do you thrive in a global environment, collaborating across borders to ensure world-class standards? Then join Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI), a global leader in whey ingredients, where ambition meets opportunity and collaboration thrives in the pulse of this growing industry. At Arla Foods Ingredients, whey is our principal raw material and has a direct impact across our value chain and on the quality of our final products. As our Global QEHS Whey Business Partner, you will connect our global whey-quality organisation with local teams, sites and suppliers, with a particular focus on the UK and Argentina. How You Will Make An Impact You will work closely with our global whey team, specialist colleagues and local stakeholders to translate AFI’s quality strategy into effective processes. A key part of the role will be establishing trusted relationships, particularly within the UK organisation, and developing shared approaches that recognise valuable local practices while supporting our global direction. Your mission is to foster the quality mindset, and drive strategic improvements. Your key responsibilities will include

• Establishing and ensuring the implementation of robust quality standards related to whey.
• Developing and maintaining detailed specifications for whey.
• Supporting and collaborating with production sites in the UK and Argentina to address whey quality challenges and opportunities.
• Ensuring effective escalation and management of incidents and changes affecting whey quality.
• Promoting and championing a strong whey quality culture at our sites in the UK and Argentina.
• Conducting and supporting audit activities of new and existing whey suppliers and strategically aligning them with AFI’s objectives.
• Defining and driving the whey quality strategy for AFI.

As a trusted whey business partner, you will influence quality improvement initiatives, support key projects, and play a critical role in AFI’s commitment to outstanding product quality. The position can be based either in the UK or at our global HQ in Aarhus, Denmark. You can expect approximately 40 travel days per year, primarily within the UK and with occasional visits to Denmark and Argentina (1-2 trips/year pr. country) What Will Make You Successful We are seeking a candidate with a strong background in quality management within the food industry, ideally with experience in dairy and whey production. To thrive in this role, you should bring

• A minimum of five years’ experience in the food industry, preferably within dairy production.
• Solid understanding of production processes and quality assurance.
• Experience in quality audits, with the ability to assess and improve supplier performance.
• Project management skills, with a proven track record of driving progress and delivering results.
• Knowledge of microbiology and its application in food safety and quality.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English, enabling you to build relationships across cultures and functions.
• Preferably communication skills in Spanish.

Personal competencies that will set you apart

• A proactive and independent approach, with the ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively.
• Strong team orientation, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Willingness and curiosity to learn and adapt in a dynamic, international environment.
• Fluency in English is required; Spanish language skills are a plus.

If you are ready to make a tangible impact on whey quality at AFI and collaborate with talented colleagues worldwide, we would love to hear from you! What do we offer? This is a strategically important and visible role connected to AFI’s principal raw material. You will have the opportunity to influence quality across the full value chain and shape how global and local teams collaborate. You will gain broad international exposure across the UK, Denmark and Argentina and work closely with quality specialists, production sites and suppliers. Rather than simply maintaining established processes, you will help develop shared ways of working and create the conditions for long-term quality improvement Would you like to join us? If you are motivated by building collaboration, translating quality strategy into practice and creating sustainable improvements across an international organisation, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. The recruitment process will prioritise finding the right profile for the role. We will review applications and invite for interviews in October. For further information, please contact Global Senior Quality Assurance Manager, Maria Mosbech Weber, on email mwebd@arlafoods.com. 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 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. Ref. 111053 null