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Business Manager, Helsinki

Business Manager at Food Business unit 

At Valio, people have always looked forward. Today, we are an ambitions and international food company whose products are sold in 50 countries. We encourage our people to experiment and learn, and we are proud of our warm and supporting company culture. 

We are looking for extra muscles with a bright mind to join our passionate and innovative team within Valio's Food Business Unit. The Food Business Unit has ambitious growth targets to develop non-dairy business within Valio group. We aim to grow Valio's non-dairy businesses organically and inorganically. Our current business is within juices, berries and jams and plant-based proteins.

In your role as a Business Manager, you will work in designated business projects related mainly to juices and berry soups category. Your work will vary from business analysis and development to hands-on work with different stakeholders within Valio. You are motivated to develop our business and portfolio further but are also ready to solve smaller business challenges in a daily work.

Your main responsibilities: 

  • Responsibility for P&L and developing defined product portfolio, leading new product launch projects and renewing the current product portfolio
  • Managing package design projects
  • Monitor, identify and analyse key category trends and providing insights to support and drive business development
  • Driving growth and productivity by working closely with our cross-functional teams (e.g. sales, marketing, R&D, production and finance)
  • Supporting category manager with certain business projects 

Requirements:

  • Growth-minded and result-oriented thinking with analytical capability
  • Successful track record in business development and project management - some years' experience in this area
  • Previous experience in concept and brand development
  • Curiosity and creative mindset, courage to bring new ideas to the table
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and inspire others
  • Self-initiative and keen to work collaboratively in a matrix organization 
  • Relevant academic degree in business or another relevant field 
  • Good communication and language skills: fluent Finnish and English

We offer you an interesting opportunity to show your skills in a unique, large and beloved Finnish brand house. You will work with interesting business challenges and development projects and learn from experienced colleagues.  We all share the same passion working at Valio: together we make life better. We invest in coaching leadership, and the development of team collaboration. We want every Valio employee to have a clear understanding of their own job and goals, and the opportunity to influence their own work and expertise. We pay attention to, among other things, employee well-being and engagement at work and workplace safety with various metrics. You will also have access to the benefits of a large, renowned Finnish food company.  www.valio.fi

Please submit your application by 6.1.2025 via the application link.


At Valio, we work together to make life better. Our innovative community develops and produces nutritious food products that are loved by our consumers in 50 countries. We are Finland's biggest food exporter. We are driven by responsible mindset in everything that we do, and together with our partners, our goal is to make our milk carbon neutral by 2035.  Valio is a company owned by Finnish family farmers, employing over 4,000 people around the world in various career fields. Our priority is that our people can grow and develop in their work, and we want to give them the best ingredients for doing it.


Application period starts: 2024-12-16 07:00Application period ends: 2025-01-06 23:59

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