About the job

Description

Our Client is an international Industrial food manufacturing company, fast growing, with plants in several European countries , offering a wide range of products matching customers’ brand specifications, meeting consumers’ expectations & anticipating market trends.

Key Responsibilities:

Project deployment:

• Manage the execution of co-manufacturing projects with industrial partners (co-manufacturers), converting projects into real business.
• Ensure coordination between internal teams (R&D, quality, supply chain, finance, legal, etc.) and external partners.
• Ensure projects meets its objectives is delivered on time, within scope and on budget
• Manage technical and commercial aspects throughout the project.
• Define and monitor the project schedule: product/process validation stages, industrial testing, production start-up.
• Identify and manage project risks and opportunities, propose corrective action plans.
• Monitor project & accounts performance indicators (KPIs: cost price, compliance with specifications.).
• Provide regular reporting to internal & external stakeholders in coordination with the Group top Executives being involved.
• Capitalize on experiences to improve future projects

Sales & local prospection:

• Work & manage opportunities coming from existing customers
• Lead commercial opportunities into real business (small / medium size customers)

Experience & Qualifications

• Education: Engineer, food technologist
• Advanced training (Food Engineering, Project management or equivalent).
• Proven experience (7-10 years minimum) in project management in the food industry, ideally in co-manufacturing or co-packing.
• Good knowledge of industrial environments (processes, quality, logistics, food regulations).
• Financial acumen
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to bring together different stakeholders, creating credibility & creating relationship
• Rigor, autonomy and a sense of priorities,
• English mandatory + native language
• Excellent coordination, scheduling, and problem-solving skills.

Location

• London area