Technical Project Leader
GBfoods
- Rubí, Barcelona
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Manages low complex Technical projects for new products, line extensions, quality & productivity initiatives
- Ensures a flawless project execution following the defined Governance to make sure on time in full delivery.
- Effective liaison with all relevant Operations & Supply Chain functions e.g. Global Technical Category Leader, purchasing, planning & factory team including Contract manufacturing, marketing and other cross functions.
- Carry out new product development, renovate in-market products with superiority, in accordance with relevant guidelines (Nutrition, Sustainability, Eco-design),support cost effectiveness activities
- Product development: Creation of formulation prototyping in kitchen lab, scaleup in pilot plant and deployment at main plant level as per brief within the cost, regulatory & sustainability framework.
- Up to date with Foods consumer trends, new Ingredients developments, vendor capabilities.
- Development of relevant technical datasheets and SOPs to ensure delivery of product quality, food safety and production action standards. Ensure compliance to GB standards and food regulation.
- Conduct stability studies to establish or secure finished product shelf-life.
- Product improvement & Value Engineering projects: Identify potential areas of flexing current specification/formulation, competition bench marking to drive potential savings, sustain product superiority.
- Provides technical expertise to Production, Quality and Purchasing Department.
- Meals voucher
- 1 teleworking day/week
- Flexible compensation
- Free products of our brands
- Bachelor or Master's degree in food science/technology or related course
- 2-3 years' work experience in foods R&D (new product development and scale up preferred)
- Strong communication skills to work with multi- functional project team
- Able to work independently, self-motivated, proactive and fast learner.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, good hands-on skills and fast actions, results driven, detail oriented.
- Fluent in English, knowledge of other European languages is a plus.
- Work based travel, 10-20% of time approx., particularly to manufacturing locations, supplier location.
- Incumbent reports to the respective platform Technical Program Manager.