Market & Innovation Strategy Manager - MEA

Imagine Tomorrow with Us

At Fonterra Te Mātāpuna, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves.

Whether you're early in your career or ready for your next step, Fonterra offers a unique opportunity to grow with a global dairy co-operative that values care, collaboration, and contribution.

Owned by New Zealand dairy farmers and supported by a dedicated team, we are all working together to create a better future. Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change.

About the opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Market & Innovation Strategy Manager to join our Strategy & Growth portfolio on a permanent basis based in UAE - Dubai.

In this role, you'll lead the development of long-term growth plans for key market geographies, bringing together customer, market and commercial insights to shape innovation priorities, demand planning and opportunity pipelines that support market-aligned growth for Fonterra.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the development of long-term growth plans for key market geographies.
• Bring together customer, market and commercial insights to shape innovation and growth strategies.
• Drive strategic demand planning to support investment, innovation and resource decisions.
• Oversee local product and innovation pipelines, including key market opportunities and hero products.
• Monitor and track opportunity pipeline performance to support delivery of market-aligned growth.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to align strategy, innovation priorities and commercial outcomes.

About you

You'll have strong experience in market strategy, innovation, marketing or commercial planning, with the ability to turn customer and market insights into clear growth opportunities. You'll be confident working across stakeholders, balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery.

You will also bring:

• A relevant qualification in marketing, business, commerce or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in developing market, product or innovation strategies that support commercial growth, preferably in the dairy, food or B2B sectors.
• Strong customer and market insight capability, with the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Commercial acumen and confidence contributing to long-term demand planning and opportunity pipelines.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills across complex environments.
• Deep knowledge of, and experience within, the MEA market is critical to success in this position.

Please note: Candidates must already have the right to work in the UAE. Relocation support is not anticipated for this role.

Our Values

At Fonterra, our values of Good Together, Better Every Day, and Every Drop Counts, are for everyone - no matter your background, identify or experience. These values guide us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our farmers, customers, communities, and each other. Discover how your values align with ours by taking our [1] Values Quiz

To learn more, visit [2] Fonterra Careers

A Career of Opportunities

At Fonterra, we are inspired by purpose and guided by our principles and values. Together, we create goodness for generations and make a global impact at a local level. As part of our Co-operative, you are an everyday creator, imagining what Fonterra, dairy, and you can be here.

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Does this sound good to you Come join our whānau - bring your whole self, and let's solve for better together.

You, me, us together, Tātou, tātou.

Together, we're shaping a future of inclusion | He Wāhi mō te Katoa

Inclusion is key to our Co-operative. We're building a team that reflects the diverse world we live in, believing it drives better decisions and innovation.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds (ethnicities, genders, identities, orientations, ages, abilities, neurotypes, cultures, religions).

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2. https://www.fonterra.com/nz/en/careers.htmlutm_campaign=talentacquisition&utm_medium=jobad&utm_source=fonterracareers