Dairy Farm Assurance Specialist

3 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Arla Foods Full time

About the Role

Arla Foods is looking for a skilled Dairy Farm Assurance Specialist to join our Global Agriculture Centre of Excellence Team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for ensuring the Arlagården Farm Assurance Programme is conducted according to global principles and procedures. This involves working closely with the global Arlagården leads, local farm-facing teams, and external lead auditors to ensure audits are conducted fairly and consistently across all markets.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with the Arlagården team to ensure aligned decisions across all Arla regions
  • Support the third-party audit body, SGS, to identify good practices and topics for calibration by monitoring their performance through on-farm visits and data
  • Liaise with and support the Agriculture team to effectively manage challenging cases
  • Liaise with Agriculture to identify topics that would help members comply with Arlagården
  • Manage the Red Tractor scheme via a certification body to ensure milk is collected from approved members
  • Contribute to the development of the Arlagården scheme which includes management of projects
  • Update SGS and Agriculture on amendments and train them as necessary
  • Liaise with the commercial team

Requirements

  • Auditing or advisory experience is essential, as well as strong experience in the dairy industry
  • Able to use IT programs including spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Word, and audit management apps
  • Understands data and can paint a picture with it to inform decision-making
  • Excellent communication and, when necessary, persuasive skills with members and colleagues, some of whom are not native English speakers
  • Strong presentational skills
  • A good understanding of milk production and animal welfare on dairy farms

About Arla Foods

Arla Foods is a leading dairy company with a strong commitment to sustainability and quality. We strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. If you are passionate about dairy farming and quality assurance, this is an exciting opportunity to join our team and contribute to our mission.



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