UK Agricultural Manager- Arla Foods
Permanent | Midlands Region (UK)
Regular UK travel & visits to Leeds Head Office required
(Please ensure this location is geographically feasible before applying)
Ready to grow your agricultural career with one of the UK’s leading dairy cooperatives?
Are you passionate about sustainability, farming, and food production?
Arla Foods is recruiting an Agricultural Manager to support farms across the Midlands Region. You’ll work closely with Arla’s UK cooperative members and direct suppliers to uphold high milk quality standards and ensure effective cooperative governance, with regular visits to our farmer owners.
What do we offer?
1. Competitive salary (salary discussed at application stage)
2. 26 days holiday & Bank Holidays
3. Hybrid & Flexible working
4. Pension contribution matched up to 6%
5. A company car to support with travel to farms and customers
6. 4 x annual salary life assurance
7. BUPA healthcare
8. Bonus scheme
9. Free to use onsite Gym
10. Access to discounted products in our Staff Shop
11. People agenda commitment to training and development
12. Flexible Benefits- buy up to 5 days additional annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
13. Most importantly - Cheese hamper at Christmas!
How will you make an impact?
As an Agriculture Manager, you’ll act as the key support link between the members, direct supplying producers, and Arla Foods UK. Recognised within your own areas as the key contact to support the delivery of dairy farming best practice, you will demonstrate Red Tractor Assurance- Dairy Scheme (RTA – DS) along with driving the Arlagården quality assurance standards.
Key responsibilities include;
14. Act as the main contact point for Arla members – driving strong democracy, settlement and training and support the communication between Arla Foods Management and the farmer members.
15. Executes key operational plans or delivers high-profile/specialist projects that directly impact functional success..
16. Challenge processes and practices identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
17. Serve as the key contact and provide secretary services (District Council, District Meetings)
18. Support Arla’s sustainability agenda on farm, ensuring we build knowledge, engagement, buy-in, and support action among farmers, farm advisors, and the wider agricultural industry.
19. Support the development and execution of Arla’s added milk concepts and handling milk quality and brand risk issues with farmers.
20. Arrange meetings on a farm for external and internal visitors and manage the communication flow with our owners – member meetings – physical and digital.
What will make you successful
To succeed in this role, you’ll bring strong agricultural experience, with proven technical and commercial expertise gained across diverse and demanding positions.
The ideal candidate will also bring;
21. Excellence communication & stakeholder management skills
22. Empathy, self-motivation, and discipline.
23. Flexibility in working hours and location
24. Willingness to provide out of hours support on a rota basis.