Dairy Manufacturing & Co-Pack Partnerships Lead

BinDawood Holding; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

BinDawood Holding is seeking an experienced Dairy Industrial Development Manager to identify and develop local dairy manufacturing and co-packing partnerships across Saudi Arabia.

The role combines factory assessment, cost analysis, and business development to build local processing capabilities for cheese, cream, and formulated dairy products.

You will visit factories, evaluate capacity and quality systems, and work with commercial teams to establish feasible volumes and competitive pricing.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in dairy manufacturing, cheese processing, or food manufacturing.
• Strong technical understanding of dairy and cheese manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of the Saudi dairy manufacturing landscape and local facilities preferred.
• Experience evaluating factories, production lines, capacity, and quality systems.
• Understanding SFDA requirements, food safety standards, and cold-chain operations.
• Experience in costing, contract/toll manufacturing, supplier evaluation, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to travel and conduct factory visits across Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities

• Identify Saudi dairy factories capable of toll-processing mozzarella and cheese production.
• Identify manufacturers and co-packers capable of cutting, slicing, shredding, grating, packing, and private-labeling Gouda, Edam, and Cheddar cheese.
• Identify facilities capable of repacking bulk and frozen cream.
• Assess whether existing Saudi manufacturers can produce formulated pizza toppings using dairy ingredients and vegetable fats.
• Conduct on-site factory visits across Saudi Arabia to evaluate production equipment, technical capabilities, available capacity, quality systems, SFDA compliance, and cold-chain infrastructure.
• Obtain and analyze actual processing costs per kilogram, MOQs, available production capacity, lead times, and potential investment requirements.
• Negotiate and coordinate trial production with selected manufacturing partners using supplied dairy materials.
• Evaluate potential manufacturing partners from technical, operational, quality, and commercial perspectives.
• Work closely with BinDawood commercial teams to establish expected volumes, target selling prices, and overall commercial feasibility.
• Develop recommendations and business cases for potential local manufacturing and co-packing partnerships.

Skills

Dairy manufacturing

Cheese processing

Food manufacturing

Industrial development

Costing

Toll manufacturing

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Job description

BinDawood Holding is seeking an experienced Dairy Industrial Development Manager to identify and develop local dairy manufacturing and co-packing partnerships across Saudi Arabia.

The role combines factory assessment, cost analysis, and business development to build local processing capabilities for cheese, cream, and formulated dairy products.

You will visit factories, evaluate capacity and quality systems, and work with commercial teams to establish feasible volumes and competitive pricing.