Position Snapshot
* Permanent contract
* At least 3-5 years of experience in R&D activities, 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 a Product Application & Projects Specialist
* Defines and details raw material specifications and purchasing specifications
* Ensures the continuous updating of raw material specifications
* Reviews raw material specifications and updates recipes if required
* Leads raw material substitution and cost optimization projects
* Leads the review, analysis and deployment of new and alternative raw materials
* Leads the industrialization of internally produced semi-finished goods
* Develops, customizes and localizes recipes on lab scale
* 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 3-5 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
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