Job Description

REQ ID

33026
Information at a Glance
For our headquarters in Groot-Bijgaarden, we are seeking an “R&D Manager Innovation Leader” to drive the Innovation Pipeline for the BU Patisserie Mixes. The role involves aligning with Group and BU strategy to support growth and drive innovation through customer visits and understanding their needs. It includes developing competencies, ingredients, products, services, and processes. Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders is also key.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As an R&D Manager Innovation leader you:

• Manage the innovation cycle through the Stage & Gate process, lead the identification, development and launch of breakthrough innovations and drive the implementation of innovations in the markets. All of this aligned with Puratos Group’s purpose on Health & Well-being, sustainability and digitalization.
• Build and maintain an active internal and external network, including operations, countries, colleagues, customers, suppliers, research institutes, universities, and expertise centers to ensure knowledge building, documentation, and exchange.
• Identify and select new, disruptive, and emerging products, raw materials, ideas, technologies, processes, equipment’s, and trends, to feed innovation and optimize existing products and technologies.
• Organize regular brainstorms with key stakeholders and customers and identify partners to achieve the BU innovation strategy.
• Organize and supervise the training of both newcomers and advanced R&D managers and act as a people manager for the Patisserie Mixes Innovation team.

Please refer the Job description for details