Senior Commercial Cereal Manager

Senior Commercial Cereal Manager, Carlsberg Research Laboratory

Join Carlsberg’s Commercial Cereal team

Do you want to shape the future of brewing by leading Carlsberg’s raw material innovation and commercialisation programmes? Are you driven by science, sustainability, and impact? Then this might be your next challenge.

At Carlsberg, our purpose is Brewing for a better today and tomorrow. As Senior Commercial Cereal Manager, you’ll be responsible for driving cereal innovation and breeding from lab to field — delivering sustainable, high-quality ingredients for our global portfolio of beers and beverages. You’ll lead cutting-edge research, build commercial partnerships, and play a role in our ESG programme Together Towards ZERO and Beyond.

Your Impact

As a key member of the extended leadership team, you will:

• Lead and drive cereal innovations, trait development, and breeding pipelines for malting and brewing cereals.
• Initiate and support commercialisation of raw material innovations (strong focus on roll out of Carlsberg own Barley varieties), ensuring smooth transition from research to Group functions and markets.
• Collaborate with global teams in R&D, Procurement, Supply Chain, ESG, and corporate affairs to deliver sustainable impact across the value chain.

What you’ll be doing:

• Identifying, designing, testing, validating and executing new raw material innovations and technologies.
• Leading the development of sustainable, cost-efficient, and high-quality ingredients for brewing and beyond.
• Managing the innovation lifecycle — from exploratory science to patent strategy and market delivery.
• Driving roll-out of raw material innovations internally and externally.
• Developing business cases and partnerships for commercial opportunities.
• Supporting transition from research projects to scalable industrial applications.
• Leading a high-performing, cross-functional team of scientists, technicians, and commercial specialists
• Fostering collaboration across functions and geographies to bring innovations to life.
• Inspiring a culture of creativity, accountability, and excellence.

What we’re looking for:

• MSc or PhD in Life Sciences, Agribusiness, Engineering, or related fields.
• Proven leadership experience in agrobusiness, breeding, sustainability, or commercial innovation.
• Strong understanding of sustainability and agricultural supply chains.
• Demonstrated success in project management and strategic execution.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

What we can offer:

• A global role at the heart of Carlsberg’s innovation engine.
• Opportunity to shape the future of sustainable brewing and farming.
• A diverse, collaborative, and international environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

What you can expect

Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world, driven by its purpose of ‘brewing for a better today and tomorrow’. The Group offers a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands, including Carlsberg Tuborg, Grimbergen and Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc. More than 30.000 people work for the Group, and its products are sold in more than 150 markets. Learn more about the Carlsberg Group: www.carlsberggroup.com and the Carlsberg Group’s work with sustainability: www.carlsberggroup.com/ESG

Interested?

Apply through the link. Please notice that this is the only way we accept applications.

The deadline for applying is the 12th of December.  We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled sooner than the deadline; therefore, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We only receive applications via our applicant system, so please apply using the link.

We look forward to reading your application.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.