Engineering Project Manager

Who we are

GBfoods is a leading FMCG multilocal Group with strong presence in Europe and Africa. Today, with a turnover above 1,3 billion euros and a team of over 3.200 employees, we are present with our daily culinary products in most of key geographies in Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland) and Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Algeria, Ivory Coast, etc.) with local leading brands such as Gallina Blanca, Liebig, Star, Erasco, D&L, BlaBand, Touch of Taste, Jumbo, Grand'Italia or Gino.

GBfoods is a family owned business in its 3rd generation and 100% professionally managed, with more than 80 years of history since its foundation in 1937, with a clear purpose of “Celebrating local flavors” and strong GBhood values such as ownership, authenticity, proximity and joy that makes GBfoods a unique company to join.

Your role

Based in Puurs (Belgium), you will be responsible for:

• Defining, managing, and executing the budget for technical investments in the Puurs factory as part of the overall European approved budget.
• Designing and implementing the industrial structure in response to business strategy and aligned with industrial management.
• Serving as a technical guide and part of the digitalization processes of production processes, while implementing the environmental and energy sustainability strategy defined by the Global Engineering department.
• Identifying and implementing efficiency projects as part of a continuous improvement process initiated in the Operations area.
• Reporting directly to the Engineering Director Europe, with a dotted line to the Puurs Factory Director.
• Managing projects at our various European factories as part of the European Engineering team, supporting both company needs and your professional growth. However, for the first 2-3 years, you will primarily focus on projects based in Puurs.

Key duties & responsibilities:

• Managing the technical projects assigned by the direct manager with the use of specific processes and tools of the project management methodology to achieve performance objectives in terms of quality, budget, and timing.
• Defining the technical specifications and requirements of each project you are involved in, in order to request offers to suppliers and analyze them from a technical and economic point of view.
• Managing commercial negotiations of technical systems (counting on the support of the purchasing department if needed).
• Managing administrative tasks of projects in terms of: CAPEX request, purchase order, billing verification, etc.
• Operating with a continuous improvement perspective when defining and implementing efficiency projects and/or waste reduction personally identified or assigned by the direct manager, as well as technically supporting efficiency projects of other functions.
• Supporting factories in the implementation of the ongoing digitization process and managing OT (operational technology) issues.
• Designing new and modifying existing plants for sustainable engineering in terms of environmental impact and energy efficiency (reduction of consumption and CO2 footprint).
• Managing or being part of cross-functional project teams with a project organization and not a matrix organization structure
• Participating in the development of a multi-year plan to ensure the performance of existing industrial assets and the technical and technological development of the factory of Puurs and the European factories in general.