Are you a passionate foodie with a knack for strong food concepts and innovations? As Head of Product at dean&david, you'll have the opportunity to shape our innovation pipeline, manage product development end-to-end, and actively contribute to the interfaces with quality management and purchasing. Become part of our team and help us take dean&david's product portfolio to the next level – for greater quality, relevance, and growth!

Your tasks

• Product Strategy & Food Vision –  You translate our food vision into clear product principles (taste, quality, ingredients, preparation), define the strategic direction and position our food & beverage portfolio.
• Innovation pipeline –  You will build and manage our innovation pipeline, be responsible for product planning and roadmapping, and prioritize according to business impact.
• End-to-end product development –  ​​You develop all food and beverage products, secure proprietary recipes, manage the stage-gate process including testing, and ensure operational feasibility in the store.
• Quality management –  ​​You define our QM parameters, monitor product quality in the store and along the value chain, and derive optimizations.
• Purchasing interface & supplier management –  ​​You manage the interface to purchasing, further expand our supplier network and actively use suppliers as a source of innovation.
• Cost management –  ​​You are responsible for the target costs and create the right balance between quality, margin and price.
• Trend and market observation –  You continuously monitor food and supplier trends and translate them into relevant innovations.

Your profile

• Completed studies (e.g. Bachelor's/Master's) or comparable training, ideally related to food, nutrition or business administration.
• Several years (at least 5-7 years) of professional experience in product development, ideally in the food or beverage sector, as well as experience in a leadership role.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with commercial understanding
• Strong communication skills, empathy, and social competence
• Decisiveness as well as strength in planning and problem-solving
• Independent, service-oriented and objectively structured work style – even under time pressure and with deadlines in mind.
• Teamwork skills and strong leadership qualities
• Fluent German and English skills, both spoken and written.

our range

• You will receive fair compensation for your efforts.
• To ensure you have a relaxed commute, we support you with a mobility budget.
• You'll receive discounts on healthy food in our stores and also get meal vouchers for your lunch break.
• We offer you the opportunity to register with EGYM Wellpass and support you with your membership fee.
• We support you with your company pension scheme and with a childcare allowance for your children.
• You have access to corporate benefits offers.
• We offer you flexible working hours, the possibility of hybrid work and a sabbatical.