Job Title: Commercial Manager, Protein ODI Function: Commercial, Ornua Dairy Ingredients (ODI) Reports to: Head of Commercial Location: Dublin, Ireland (significant travel & mobility required) <div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #595959 1.0pt;padding:0.0cm 0.0cm 1.0pt 0.0cm"> </div> Ornua is a leading dairy co-operative which sells premium dairy products globally on behalf of its Member Co-operatives, Ireland's dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. Ornua has revenues of €3.4 billion and is supported by a global team of approximately 2,800 employees. The Group operates as a commercial organisation across 10 business units, including 12 production facilities located in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The commercial organisation is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua's consumer brands including Ireland's most successful food export: Kerrygold. Consumer markets are served by production facilities in Ireland, Germany and the UK and by in-market Sales & Marketing Teams in Asia, Germany, Ireland, MEA, Poland, Spain, rest of Europe and North and Latin America. It also manages the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products, the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers globally, and the implementation of de-risking and trading strategies to manage market volatility. These activities are supported by production facilities and in-market teams in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The Role We are seeking a Commercial Manager, Protein ODI to lead sales and P&L responsibility for Ornua's global Powder Protein category, encompassing Casein & Caseinates, SMP, FCMP and all Whey Powders (excluding FFMP). The successful candidate will own key customer accounts, drive the development of a strategic growth and value creation plan for the category, and build strong global key account relationships in partnership with Ornua's Member Procurement Team and Commercial colleagues. Key Areas of Responsibility <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sales, P&L responsibility and account ownership for Casein & Caseinates, SMP, FCMP and all Whey Powders (excludes FFMP).</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Development of a strategic growth and value development plan for the ODI Powder Protein category.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Creation of a 5-year customer value growth plan for Casein & Caseinates by Region (North America & Canada, Mexico, EU and Asia) and by Application (Sports Nutrition, Weight Management & Wellness).</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Development of a Global Key Account Protein Value Development Plan, created jointly with relevant customers.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Active use of hedging and derivatives to risk-manage and maximise value.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Development of strong relationships with the Ornua Member Procurement Team.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ownership of annual sales/volume budgeting and rolling forecasts for the category.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Setting and governing pricing strategy and mechanisms across casein & caseinates, SMP, FCMP and whey powders.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Tracking global protein market dynamics, competitor positioning and input cost trends to inform the growth plan.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Identifying new product and format opportunities, working with Innovation/Technical teams, particularly across Sports Nutrition and Weight Management & Wellness applications.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Working cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Technical/QA and Finance to ensure supply capability aligns with the demand plan.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Negotiating and managing customer supply agreements and contracts.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Providing regular reporting on category performance versus budget and strategy to the Head of Commercial and wider leadership team.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Leadership and mentoring of the Protein commercial team.</li> </ul> Key Skills / Attributes <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">8- 10 years proven commercial sales experience with demonstrated P&L and account ownership, ideally within dairy ingredients or a related B2B food ingredients environment.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong strategic planning capability, with experience developing multi-year customer and category growth plans.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Commercial and analytical acumen, including familiarity with hedging, derivatives and market risk management.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent relationship management and negotiation skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships with global key accounts and internal stakeholders.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong understanding of, or willingness to develop expertise in, global protein ingredient markets and applications (e.g. Sports Nutrition, Weight Management & Wellness).</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Self-motivated and results-driven, comfortable operating with significant autonomy across multiple regions.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Willingness and flexibility to travel extensively and work across time zones.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Foreign language skills beneficial.</li> </ul> Ornua Core Competencies <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Customer Focus: Advocates for the customer, balances customer and business needs, and spots opportunities for growth.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Forward-Looking: Helps others to accept change, implements change, and looks ahead to anticipate change.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Curious: Open to asking questions and willing to learn and continuously improve.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt 24.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Collaboration: Encourages co-operation in own team and supports cross-functional working.</li> </ul> Closing Date: 30 July 2026

Commercial Manager, Protein (Dublin, IE, D02 H638) @ Ornua Co-operative Limited

About this role

Ready to apply?