Company

Intersnack Group (www.intersnackgroup.com) is one of the leading manufacturers of savoury snacks in Europe with more than € 2.7 billion turnover and some 13,700 employees. The Intersnack’s Head Office is located in Düsseldorf (Germany) and their businesses are organised into 16 Management Units, each with responsibility for one geographic area, mainly in Europe. Annually they produce 600,000 tonnes of snacks, including potato chips, nuts, baked products and specialty snacks. The brand portfolio includes strong brands like KP snacks, funny-frisch, Chio, POM-BÄR, McCoy´s, MAARUD, Estrella, Vico, ültje and Kelly´s. Intersnack Group is a privately owned company with the aim to enrich people’s lives with the very best savoury snacks. Its core values are: thinking responsibly, acting entrepreneurially and growing together. As part of Intersnack’s group-wide programme the R&D organisation is striving for harmonisation of product innovation processes, supported by common IT solutions. In order to realise this, we are searching for a results driven Group Process Owner - R&D Organisation (location: Düsseldorf).

Position

Responsible for developing and implementing one template for the R&D / product innovation process
Defining the R&D/product innovation processes on Group level across different Management Units and their geographical areas
Driving the further development and continuous improvement of one template together with Group Process Owners of other functional areas, IT and consulting resources
Administering the change process of the template in close collaboration with the other Group Process Owners and Local Process Owners in the Management Units
Liaising with the Group System Owner to develop adequate IT support solutions
Supporting the roll out of the innovation template for the entire group, whilst ensuring an effective and efficient execution of day-to-day processes in the countries
Developing and certifying skills within the R&D organisation, by educating trainers and managing the training and certification process
Reporting to the Group R&D Director.

Profile

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering or an equivalent
Senior R&D experience in an international FMCG business environment and familiar with product innovation of consumer branded and private label products
Ability to define and implement R&D / product innovation processes and support tools
Strong project and change management skills; capable of managing multiple stakeholders at senior levels of the organisation internationally
Comfortable working and travelling in an international business environment; able to travel frequently throughout Europe and based in Düsseldorf
Excellent communication and presentation skills in English and also good knowledge of other European languages
Personal skills: conceptual thinking, business acumen, priority setting, convincing, solution oriented, well organised and team player.

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If you are interested in this position, please contact Hans Hilbrands, telephone: +31 (0)317-468686 / +31 (0)6-51025152 or apply through our website www.dupp.nl or e-mail your written application to info@dupp.nl

Intersnack Group selected DUPP – Food Executive Search for this vacancy as the only partner in the recruitment process.

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