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 business 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 globally to visit factories