Technical Project Leader (VALUE SAUCES)

At GBfoods we offer culinary solutions in several countries of Europe and Africa with prestigious leading local brands, including Jumbo, Gallina Blanca, Erasco, Gino, Liebig, Star, Bama, D&L, Grand'Italia and Blå Band, among others.

Our Purpose “Celebrating local flavours” is to empower and take care of each of the local communities we belong to and to bring out their authentic flavours. Some of our local brands have been in consumers' kitchens for over a century and have positioned themselves as authentically loved brands, as well as deeply rooted parts of the local culture.

Today, with a turnover of around 1,4 billion euros and a team of around 3,600 people, we are the preferred choice of millions of consumers.

MISSION : 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experience Technical Project Leader to join our R&D team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and managing cross-functional development projects from concept through to commercialization. You will coordinate efforts between research, engineering, quality, marketing and manufacturing teams to ensure successful project execution, no time and within scope. 

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Product Development:  

• Creation of formulation prototyping in kitchen lab, scale up in pilot plant and deployment at the main plant level as per brief within cost. 

• To make sure the product brief is compliance with the Nutrition and Environmental company policy. Together with the teams of quality, to submit the conformity of products in terms of food safety. 

• Develop 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. 

• Sensory capacity for the evaluation of ingredients and finished products. Knowledge of organoleptic descriptors that allow sensory characterization 

• Up to date with foods consumer trends, new ingredients developments, vendor capabilities 

Project Management:  

• Manage low complex technical projects for new products, line extensions, quality and productivity initiatives To find solutions for reliable prototyping delivery, both for internal and external assessment, as well as for technical and/or commercial validation. 

• Ensure 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, eg Technical Category Manager, purchasing, planning & factory team including Contract manufacturing, Marketing and other cross function. 

• Product improvement & value engineering projects: identify potential areas of flexing current specifications/formulation competition bench marking to drive potential savings, sustain product superiority 

• Provides technical expertise to production, quality and purchasing departments