Category Manager - Dairy

• The Role & Key Responsibilities
  
  

• Job Title: Category Manager - Dairy

  Location: Remote, with regular travel across Europe required.

  Contract: Permanent

  Packages include: Salary from 63,000EUR per year plus a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and reward your impact.

  AB Agri is a global leader in animal feed, nutrition, and agri-food solutions, operating in 84 countries. We are committed to producing food sustainably and responsibly through innovation and efficiency. As a Category Manager, you will manage the full strategy and delivery for key ingredients, including delectated whey powders, WPC, lactose, dairy permeates, and other milk-based ingredients critical to our nutritional product lines You will work within an international team, benefit from professional development opportunities, and be part of a great company that values growth, collaboration, and making a positive impact in the industry.
  

  What you'll be doing:

  • Develop and deliver a multi-year dairy category strategy aligned with commercial pricing goals, margin improvement initiatives, and nutrition product development plans.
  • Lead annual cost budgeting and category risk planning processes.
  • Build and maintain strong senior-level relationships with strategic dairy suppliers, producers, processors, and traders across Europe.
  • Coordinate supplier risk assessments, including financial, ESG, and capacity reviews, in collaboration with Quality.
  • Act as the primary link between Procurement and Nutrition/R&D to ensure category strategies meet technical formulation and feed performance requirements.
  Support Quality and Regulatory Affairs in maintaining feed safety standards, implementing traceability protocols, and conducting supplier audits.
  

  What you'll bring:

  • Extensive experience in category management or strategic sourcing within food, feed, or dairy-related commodities.
  • Proven track record in managing the full procurement process, including category management, use of e-sourcing tools, and supplier management/analytics.
  • Solid understanding of dairy ingredient markets, such as whey, lactose, and protein derivatives.
  • Strong financial and commercial skills, including knowledge of TCO, commodity risk, and hedging principles.
  Fluent in English, with willingness to travel regularly across Europe (20–40%).
  

If you have any questions about this role or need help ing please contact Lourdes Villalba via Lourdes.Villalba@abagri.com .

We work with a number of external partners to ensure that our application process is as comfortable as possible, regardless of your circumstances or background.