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September 23, 2024
Flora Food Group
Wageningen
Product Design Lead Plant Butter & Spreads
About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+Pro Activ, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+Pro Activ, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Location: Wageningen
Hybrid
About the position
Are you excited to define and lead the technology for the future to create our best ever Plant Butters & Spreads?
Are you excited to drive business growth, with your R&D and product knowledge?
Are you excited to deliver fast track projects that make an impact?
Are you excited to work in an international, cross functional environment?
The role is based in Wageningen, in our great Flora Food Group Food Science Centre. With State-of-the-Art pilotplants, labs and professional application kitchen, where innovations are designed and tested.
What does it take to be successful in this role?
- You design the technology roadmap for plantbutters and spreads, to always stay ahead of competition and meet customer needs
- You bring product and process design expertise, with a proven track record to design consumer and customer preferred products
- You have strong relationships with the external world, to use the best technology expertise and land them in Flora Food Groups products
- Next to design leader, you are Technical Project Leader. Whereby you relentlessly push the boundaries and make the impossible possible for the benefit of our consumer and customer.
- Next to product design leader, you are also a hands-on person, to deliver the projects via pilot plant- and factory etc.
- You work seamlessly with the international, cross functional teams to design and land together with the commercialization team, new technologies in the SC and in the market.
- Maybe you have worked in a similar role for the past 7-10 years building an established network in the food industry.
- You have excellent communication skills in a cross functional business setting and have a technical background.
- Ideally you have experience in emulsion technology, oils & fats, or in the dairy industry.
- You understand trends and needs of the butter market.
- You have at minimum a Master's degree in Food Science, Chemical engineering, or any other related field.
- You are more than ready to travel worldwide when needed.
Need more details?
- You will own the technical lead for innovation, renovation and saving projects worldwide, with responsibility to deliver On Time In Full, with the right quality and cost.
- You will define culinary requirements with the chef and test against those.
- You will set up the relevant parts of product/technical specifications for sourcing and supply chain in line with quality, consumer safety and regulatory requirements.
- Together with commercialization team, you will develop product benefits and claims for relevant projects including substantiation.
- You have a team of technologists, to deliver the program together.
So, what does it take to be successful in this role?
- You have a Masters degree (or equivalent experience with a Bachelor degree), preferably Foods Technology, chemical engineering or equivalent.
- You have a minimum of 7-10 years of relevant experience in international product development and/or processing in Retail or Food Service.
- You have practical knowledge of dairy and/or plantbased food science and technology,
- Fat-based and emulsion technology knowledge is considered a plus.
- You have a proven track-record of innovation delivery, in Foods retail and or professional environment.
- You have a proven track record of successful teamworking across geographies and cultures.
- You have the ability to think strategically while working hands-on.
- You have a self-steering, pro-active and can-do attitude.
- You have ability to deal with multiple complex projects and tasks.
- You have ability to work with other functions (e.g. Supply Chain, Regulatory, QA).
- Fluent in English is a must.
What is next?
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! If you have additional questions, you can send myself, Pauline Trooster a Whats App message on +34666320262.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your Linked In Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available
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