Position Snapshot - Permanent contract - At least 5 years of experience in R&D activities or product development in Food & Beverage industry - Fluent in Italian and English, French is beneficial - Project management skills Position Summary A day in the life of Product Development - Application Group - Develops, customizes and localizes recipes on lab scale - Analyzes and reviews new raw materials - Defines and details raw materials specifications - Leads Renovation and Innovation projects, and identifies optimization opportunities - Leads the deployment of new products aligned with Zone priorities - Provides technical expertise and regional business insight to project team - Ensures deployment of standards to factories according to plan in collaboration with local teams - Performs product and process competency building for manufacturing support teams and factory experts What will make you successful - At least 5 years of experience in R&D activities or product development in Food & Beverage industry - Fluent in Italian and English, French is beneficial - Strong project management and relational, and coaching skills - Ability to work cross-functionally on multi-stakeholder projects - Ability to identify, understand, present, and mitigate risk - Good understanding of industrial environment and its’ challenges - Passion for quality and consumer satisfaction - Ability to deliver results and make challenges to manage projects - Availability to travel within the country and internationally (Europe) to visit factories