Purpose of the Role
To contribute to the growth & profitability of Griffith Foods Europe by playing a leading role in the advancement of our sauce & dressings technical expertise & capabilities, enabling the delivery of differentiating, innovative, profitable sauce & dressings aligned to the business growth strategy.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development and execution of innovation, technical & value leadership key projects.
- Lead capability building programs across the category and into local teams.
- Actively participate in and work with Global and Regional category teams to enable the delivery of regional category projects.
- Responsible for regional knowledge management/transfer across the category.
- Instigate & develop relationships with external technology partners, co‑manufacturers & ingredient partners to facilitate the implementation of the Purpose Driven Strategy emphasizing sustainability and Health & Nutrition.
- Communicate internally with all necessary functions to exchange technical information & enable adherence to project timelines.
- Ensure appropriate communication tools & methods are employed, including preparation of presentations, work instructions, training documents & detailed technical reports to effectively share knowledge & learnings.
- Manage project budgets.
- Lead & deliver sauce nutritional reformulation projects.
- Maintain and enhance the security of all information regarding product formulas, processing and related company intellectual property.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, or a related field with relevant experience.
- 7 years’ experience or more in a similar role.
- Work with independence, exercising ingenuity and judgment in the approach to and accomplishment of key innovation & technology projects.
- Effectively manage multiple priorities and timelines.
- Demonstrate strong technical, problem‑solving and leadership skills to approach complex projects.
