International 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 France, Le Pontet or Belgium, Puurs, the selected candidate will be responsible for:

·        Defining, managing and executing the budget for technical investments of the 8 European production centers

·        Designing and implementing the industrial structure responding to business strategy and aligned with industrial management

·        Being a technical guide and part of the digitalization processes of production processes, implementing the environmental and energetical sustainability strategy defined by the Global Engineering department

·        Identifying and implementing efficiency projects in a continuous improvement process initiated in the Operations area

Key duties & responsibilities

·        Manage the technical projects assigned by the direct manager manager with the use of specific processes and tools of the project management methodology to achieve the performance objective in terms of quality, budget and timing

·        Define 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

·        Manage commercial negotiations of technical systems (count  with the support of the purchasing department if needed)

·        Manage administrative tasks of projects in terms of: CAPEX request, purchase order, billing verification, etc.

·        Operate 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 support efficiency projects of other functions

·        Support factories in the implementation of the on-going digitization process and manage OT (operational technology) issues

·        Design new and modify existing plants for sustainable engineering in terms of environmental impact and energy efficiency (reduction of consumption and CO2 footprint)

·        Manage or be part of cross-functional project teams with a project organization and not a matrix organization structure

·        Participate in the development of a multi-year plan to ensure the performance of existing industrial assets and the technical and technological development of European factories