Fonterra, a New Zealand based cooperative, is the largest exporter of dairy products in the world. To operate in an even more market-oriented way, they are expanding their regional organization. The new Regional Communications Lead AMENA will strengthen the region’s position, both internally and externally.
Fonterra, alongside parties such as Nestlé and FrieslandCampina, is one of the five largest dairy companies in the world. Worldwide, 20,000 people work for this cooperative, which is owned by 10,000 farmers. Fonterra processes dairy into high-quality products and distributes these products to over 140 markets. During this process, the goal is to generate ever-increasing value from dairy through innovation. All this in an efficient, but above all, sustainable manner.
Fonterra both supplies ingredients to manufacturers as well as finished products to the foodservice industry and consumers. Within the B2B ingredients business, , the focus is on several growth categories. In addition to the core dairy markets (cheese, yogurt, etc.), these are infant nutrition, , sports & lifestyle nutrition and medical nutrition, all operating under the NZMP brand
To implement this strategy successfully, Fonterra has decided to restructure its organization to a more regional operating model that enables it to be closer to customers and consumers in market. Therefore, it now operates via three regional Sales and Marketing business units. Besides AMENA (Africa, Middle East, Europe, North Asia, Americas), these units include APAC (Asia Pacific) and GC (Greater China).
Requirements*
Minimum of 8 years of experience
Expert at external communication
Independent and proactive in an international environment
Excellent stakeholder management (both externally and internally)
Experience in B2B food, specifically dairy, is a plus
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Gillian Munnik Marketing Director Fonterra
Vacancy
In order to make the new organization a success, Fonterra is strengthening its regional business units. To this end, there is a vacancy for a Regional Communications Lead AMENA at the Amsterdam office of the AMENA region. This new role is aimed at building the Fonterra profile as well as promoting the innovations and product launches of its ingredients, foodservice and consumer brands in the relevant markets.
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