Senior Commercial Sustainability Lead

Ready to help accelerate the transition to a sustainable food system? In this role, you will work directly with leading Dutch retailers and external partners to drive sustainability progress across dairy supply chains. You will join a highly motivated, purpose-driven sustainability team that combines commercial ambition with deep sustainability expertise. This is a senior role with significant visibility and responsibility. You will operate at the intersection of sustainability strategy, commercial delivery and external stakeholder management. The learning curve is steep, offering rapid development in both strategic leadership and sustainability innovation.

Senior Commercial Sustainability Lead

Ce que nous demandons

• A Master’s degree.
• 12+ years of relevant experience, including direct engagement with retail partners, with a background in Sales, Category Management, Sustainability and/or Strategy within a retail environment.
• Proven ability to operate in complex stakeholder environments and engage credibly with senior commercial leaders, customers and external partners.
• A strong growth mindset and intrinsic motivation to drive sustainability transitions at scale.
• Strong strategic thinking skills combined with an analytical, datadriven approach to decision making.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Dutch, both written and verbal.
• Based in the Netherlands, within commuting distance of Amersfoort.

Ce que nous offrons

FrieslandCampina has a unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence. The work environment is informal and friendly, where you collaborate with passionate professionals. You will have access to training and coaching to support your professional growth, and internal career development opportunities are actively encouraged. With trust and autonomy, you will have the chance to create lasting impact, contributing to better nutrition for the world. As for the employment benefits:

• Salary between €7,700 and €10,400 per month, depending on knowledge and experience (full-time);
• Full-time workweek of 40 hours, 15% bonus, and a pension;
• Flexible working hours, hybrid working, plus a company car and a train pass.
• 200 hours of annual leave, the option to buy or sell 40 extra hours, and 8% holiday allowance;
• Free milk & cheese during lunch and delicious barista coffee at our headquarters.

Description du poste vacant

The Sustainability Lead for the Consumer Dairy Netherlands business plays a pivotal role in shaping, driving, and delivering FrieslandCampina’s sustainability strategy across all commercial activities in the Dutch market. This role connects strategy development with customer-driven execution, ensuring that FrieslandCampina’s sustainability ambitions translate into compelling propositions for consumers, retailers, and society.

Acting as a thought leader across the NL commercial organization, you guide brand teams, private label teams, and sales account teams in embedding sustainability into decision-making, communication, and business development. You are the central link between external expectations, internal strategy, and the commercial reality of bringing sustainable dairy propositions to market.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge strategic exploration with commercial execution, helping internal teams understand future sustainability directions and ensure that customer needs are reflected in strategic plans.
• Translate sustainability ambitions into scalable, commercially viable solutions for retail customers.
• Lead complex sustainability projects, coordinating cross functional stakeholders across sustainability, supply chain, quality and commercial teams.
• Maintain close working relationships with NGOs, certification bodies and external experts and ensure alignment with market, customer and supply chain realities.
• Work with corporate teams and the cooperative to evaluate scenarios and make choices that drive the sustainability agenda and help both farmers and customers at the same time.

Détails de l'équipe

You will join the retail sustainability team, part of the commercial department of the business groups Europe and Retail and Americas. These are the two business groups responsible for selling both branded and private label products across the regions Europe and the Americas.

Travel to customers, farms and other European locations will be occasionally required within this role.