Agriculture Manager - 12-month FTC (North West… at Arla Foods · GB

Are you passionate about dairy farming and building relationships that make a difference on farm? Join Arla as an Agriculture Manager and help our farmer owners across the North West and North Wales region deliver high standards of milk quality, strengthen their cooperative and shape a more sustainable future for dairy.

Based at our Leeds head office, you’ll combine regular farm visits with collaboration across our UK Agriculture team, connecting our farmers with the wider business.

This role is offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

How you will make an impact

As an Agriculture Manager, you’ll be a key contact for Arla’s farmer owners and direct suppliers across the North West and North Wales region. You’ll build trusted relationships, support best-practice dairy farming and help translate Arla’s agricultural priorities into practical action. Working within our UK Agriculture team, your responsibilities will include:

• Strengthening farmer relationships: Provide responsive support on member queries, milk settlement and training, ensuring clear communication between farmers and the wider business.
• Supporting milk quality and assurance: Help farmers understand and meet Red Tractor Dairy Assurance and Arlagården standards, following up on quality concerns and coordinating support where needed.
• Enabling cooperative engagement: Support elected representatives, coordinate District Council and member meetings, and ensure farmers’ views and local issues are communicated effectively.
• Driving sustainability engagement: Work with Agriculture and Sustainability colleagues to build farmers’ knowledge, engagement and commitment to practical improvements on farm.
• Delivering projects and improvements: Implement regional operational plans and specialist projects, organise farm visits and knowledge-sharing activities, and identify opportunities to improve how we support our farmers.

What will make you successful

You bring practical agricultural experience and a strong understanding of dairy farming, supported by a relevant qualification or equivalent experience. You understand the challenges facing farming businesses and can translate technical requirements into clear, practical guidance.

You’ll also bring:

• The ability to build credibility and lasting relationships with farmers, colleagues and industry partners.
• Clear communication and sound judgement, including confidence handling challenging conversations constructively.
• Strong planning skills and the ability to manage a regional portfolio independently while collaborating with colleagues.

Regular travel across the North West and North Wales region and time at our Leeds head office are integral to this role. A full driving licence is required.

What do we offer?

You’ll join a farmer-owned cooperative where your work directly supports the people who own our business. Alongside the autonomy to build relationships across your region, you’ll have opportunities to learn from experienced Agriculture and Sustainability colleagues and develop your career within Arla.

Our benefits include a competitive salary, company car, 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, pension contributions matched up to 6%, Bupa healthcare and life assurance. You’ll also have access to training and development opportunities, flexible benefits and our much-loved Christmas cheese hamper.

Would you like to join us?

If you’re ready to grow your agricultural career and make a difference for our farmer owners, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply through our recruitment portal.

For more information, please contact Talent Acquisiton Partner, Kleo Dela Cruz.

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.