Senior Global Quality Specialist, Arla Foods Ingredients (maternity cover) - Aarhus

Are you interested in joining an exceptional team that supports the organization with Quality Business Management? Are you proactive and passionate about creating a valuable impact? If so, you could be the colleague we are looking for!

Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) is a global leader in premium nutrition. Together with our customers, research partners, suppliers, and others, we discover and deliver documented ingredients and products that can advance lifelong nutrition for the benefit of consumers around the world. AFI is committed to pioneering innovative solutions that set new benchmarks for quality, safety, and environmental responsibility.

Global QEHS is a department of 30 colleagues split into three different teams; Business Quality Management, Product Quality Management, and Supplier Quality Management & Compliance. We work closely together both within but also across teams and with numerous stakeholders in sales and at production sites.

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Global Senior Quality Specialist to join our team in Business Quality Management. This role is a 12 month temporary role and is based in Aarhus.

How you will make an impact

You can look forward to an exciting role with great variation in responsibilities and tasks

  • Quality and Food Safety Leadership

    – be the primary driving force on quality and food safety issues together with local site quality teams, finding pragmatic and robust solutions to food safety and quality challenges.
  • Crisis Management

    – participate in appointed task force related to local or global crises, ensuring resolution strategies and clear communication towards HQ.
  • Consultation in RCA/CAPA

    – offer expertise and consultation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) processes.
  • Process Implementation

    – support local Quality teams in the implementation of new global processes, methods, and systems related to Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Quality & Food Safety (Q&FS) strategy.
  • Stakeholder Management

    – manage and nurture relationships with internal stakeholders

You can anticipate opportunities for travel, as this role may require approximately 30 days of travel per year within Denmark and abroad.

What will make you successful

We expect you to have a master's degree in a relevant field such as Food Science, Quality Management, or Dairy Engineering. In addition, you should bring some years of experience in quality, food safety. Experience from a food production environment will serve you well.

We further imagine the ideal candidate to have proven problem-solving and decision-making skills. It's important that you possess a strong independent drive and the ability to excel in informal leadership roles. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are a must – as these skills will help you to collaborate well across teams.

Naturally, you are passionate about ensuring product quality, food safety, and compliance stewardship through creative and forward-thinking approaches.

As Arla Foods Ingredients is an international organization, fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement. As we do have business in Latin America, Spanish would be an advantage.

Application and contact

If you want to seize this exciting opportunity, please apply as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the right candidate is found. For additional information, please call Senior Manager for Business Quality Management Claus Tofting-Olesen at +45 9131 9556.

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We are ambitious people doing good together – that is the spirit of our cooperative, whether at the office, in the dairy or on the farm. We enable good food choices that make life better and work hard to bring health and inspiration to the world, naturally. If you are looking to shape the future with a company that truly cares about your development and success, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.

At Arla, we believe that great things happen when people work together with purpose.

We’re committed to creating a culture built on collaboration, responsibility, and trust - where you can grow, take ownership, and make a real-life impact.

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Employee Benefits

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Employee Discounts

You get access to our Employee Discounts App, offering exclusive discounts on selected restaurants, shops and a wide range of everyday services.

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Flexibility

We support flexible ways of working while valuing time together on-site to foster collaboration. As some roles require in-person work, flexibility depends on role and business needs.

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Bonus

We offer a competitive bonus programme for senior roles linked to company and individual performance.

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Parental Leave

We offer enhanced paid parental leave to support you and your family during important life moments.

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Health Service

As an employee at Arla Foods, you have free access to a healthcare programme provided by PensionDanmark, supporting both your physical and mental health.

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Pension

We offer an attractive pension scheme, contributing to your long-term financial security.

Where do you see yourself?

Across offices, dairies, and trucks on the road, at Arla we work together across the globe. We all have different roles and different backgrounds - one shared effort. Together, we Feed Life™.

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