About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Location: Wageningen
Hybrid
About the position
- Are you excited to be very close with customers in different channels (eg. FoodService & Industrial), to understand their needs and leverage our current product portfolio and define future portfolio needs.
- Are you excited to deliver fast track projects that make an impact?
- Are you excited to work closely with customers and chefs to explain our product benefits and maximize the impact of our products in the market?
- Are you excited to work on a broad product portfolio, across (plant) creams, butter & spreads and cheese
- Are you excited to work with systems and data, next to being hands-on with products.
- Are you excited to work in an international, cross functional environment?
Please than read ahead:
You support technical relationships with key customers and leverage our current product portfolio and support building insights to define the product needs for the future. You support creating insights from competitor analysis. You support building the selling stories for customers together with the commercial teams and chefs. You enable all the elements to land projects successfully with the customer in the markets (artwork, specs, customer data sheets, claims validation and registration etc.). You are the 1st point of contact for customer or SC issues & questions. You track customer complaints and drive resolutions. And execute post launch evaluation to support driving improvements.
You work in cross functional teams, with marketing, chefs, SC etc.
The role is based in Wageningen, in our great Flora Food Group Food Science Centre. With State-of-the-Art pilotplants, labs and professional application kitchens. You report into the Commercialization Channels Manager for Europe.
So, what does it take to be successful in this role?
- You have a broad experience across product categories
- You bring product and customer expertise
- You are data & system savvy
- You are a real Foody, that can explain the product benefits to customers.
- You enjoy trouble shooting and resolving customer or SC issues quickly
- You enjoy a dynamic environment, to always deliver the business opportunities with customers.
- You are a hands-on person, to deliver the projects via pilot plant- and factory etc.
- You work seamlessly with the international, cross functional teams.
Key capabilities:
Maybe you have worked in a similar role for the past 5-7 years. You have excellent communication skills in a cross functional business setting and have a technical background. Ideally you have experience in (plant) creams, butter & Spreads or cheese. You understand trends and needs of the market. You have a Bachelors’s degree in Food Science, Chemical engineering, or any other related field.
Need more details?
- This is newly defined role, in a high pace dynamic environment. So the role will be further shaped together with the team
- Expected travel ~10%
What is your background?
- You have a Bachelor’s degree, preferably Foods Technology, chemical engineering or equivalent.
- You have a minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience in product development, technical sales etc.in FoodService, Industrial or Private label.
- You have practical knowledge of dairy and/or plantbased food science and technology,
- Fat-based and emulsion technology knowledge is considered a plus.
- You have a proven track-record of project delivery and successful relationships with customers.
- You have a proven track record of successful teamworking across geographies and cultures.
- You love to work both with systems & data, while working hands-on.
- You have a self-steering, pro-active and can-do attitude.
- You have ability to deal with multiple complex projects and tasks.
- You have ability to work with other functions (e.g. Marketing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, QA).
- You are a data savvy person, who loves to work with data and systems
- Fluent in English is a must.
What’s next
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! If you have additional questions, you can send myself, Pauline Trooster a WhatsApp message on +34666320262.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
What We Do
The driving force behind our success as a global leader in plant-based foods are the 4,800 Upfielders who every day live our purpose and are engaged in our mission, delivering through our values of Performance, Care and Passion. Results Matter. Upfielders. Always Day 1 mindset. Always one step ahead, driven by data, with a finger on the pulse – our customers and consumers are at the heart. We identify the sweet spot; we relish challenge; We own it. We're agile decision-makers, with the courage to pivot we fail fast and learn faster. Kindness wins. With a long-term focus on building a sustainable future, Upfielders show the 'Courage to Care' for each other, our communities, and future generations. We believe in doing the right thing and 'Come As You Are' is not just a saying; it's an invitation to be authentic and bring your whole, true self to work. Difference brings angles and ideas to the party – we want you to be you. Passion fuels our Future of Food journey. Full of energy and possibility, Upfielders constantly raise the bar, driving Upfield and one another forwards. We're a team of food lovers and enthusiasts – our sum is truly greater than our parts, and we absolutely love what we do.
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