Hunter Shore Group has been retained on a search for a Commodity Risk Manager (Dairy) to join a leading global FMCG business. This is a pivotal role within the global commodity risk function, focused on protecting and optimising business margins across international markets.
The Role
The Dairy Risk Manager will hold end-to-end accountability for dairy commodity price risk management across multiple regions and business units. The mandate is both strategic and operational — combining deep market analysis with trade execution and senior stakeholder influence.
Key responsibilities include:
* Monitoring global dairy markets to provide forward-looking competitive intelligence
* Analysing fundamental supply/demand dynamics, production economics and milk valorisation trends
* Assessing macroeconomic drivers including FX exposure, geopolitical developments and speculative flows
* Developing monthly price forecasts and budget assumptions
* Identifying risk exposure and designing mitigation strategies using approved hedging instruments (futures, options, OTC markets)
* Executing exchange-based trades in line with governance and compliance standards
* Partnering with regional and BU procurement teams on physical trading activities
* Supporting financial reporting of hedging strategies and ensuring regulatory alignment
* Driving alignment across senior stakeholders globally
This role sits at the intersection of trading, analytics, procurement, and finance.
Candidate Profile
We are seeking a commercially astute commodity risk professional with:
* 6+ years’ experience in commodity risk management or trading
* Strong exposure to agricultural commodities (dairy highly preferred)
* Proven expertise across futures and options markets
* Experience operating within complex, multinational environments
* Degree in Economics, Finance, Business or related discipline
* Fluency in English
* Strong analytical and forecasting capability
* Confident influencing skills at senior leadership level
* Ability to translate complex market analysis into clear commercial decisions
* Autonomous, proactive and execution-focused
* High intellectual curiosity and genuine passion for commodity markets
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to operate at global scale within a sophisticated risk management environment, directly influencing margin protection and strategic sourcing decisions across multiple markets.
The organisation is a recognised global leader within the FMCG space, with strong brand equity and a well-established international footprint.
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