Purpose of the role:
To contribute to the growth & profitability of Griffith Foods Europe by playing a leading role in the advancement of our sauce & dressings technical expertise & capabilities enabling the delivery of differentiating, innovative, profitable sauce & dressings aligned to the business growth strategy.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the development and execution of innovation, technical & value leadership key projects
• Leads capability building programs across the category and into local teams.
• Actively participates in & works with Global and Regional category teams to enable the delivery of regional category projects
• Responsible for regional knowledge management/ transfer across the category.
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• Instigate & develop relationships with external technology partners, co manufacturers & ingredient partners to facilitate the implementation of the Purpose Driven Strategy paying emphasis to sustainability and Health & Nutrition.
• Communicates internally with all necessary functions to exchange technical information & to enable adherence to project timelines.
• Ensure appropriate communication tools & methods are employed including preparation of presentations, work instructions, training documents & detailed technical reports to effectively share knowledge & learnings
• Manages project budgets
• Lead & deliver sauce nutritional reformulation projects.
• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the security of all information regarding product formulas, processing and related company intellectual property.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, or a related field with relevant experience
• 7 years' experience or more in a similar role
• Works with independence, exercising ingenuity and judgment in the approach to and accomplishment of key innovation & technology projects.
• Effectively manages multiple priorities and timelines
• Demonstrates strong technical, problem solving and leadership skills to approach complex projects.