Location: Lainate, IT, 20020
Main Purpose of the Role
The new resource will manage global multiple projects of varying complexity, from formulation development to industrial line design & line start up and ensures on-time and on-budget delivery, supervise the overall goodness of the product&process; concerning the assigned category and build and maintain technical know-how for the category assigned.
What you will do
- Managing new product/process development, in compliance with Group and local strategies, from bench top through manufacturing scale Up, launch and post launch: ensure flawless operation of pilot and application lab in order to get samples on-time to mktg and work jointly with local RDQ for a smooth industrial scale up;
- Contributing to design new manufacturing line or upgrade/improve the existing in close cooperation with Group Engineering and starting from process flow chart drafting;
- Anticipating, identifying, tracking, and understanding competitors and adjacent categories product launches worldwide;




- Understand characteristics and performances of all ingredients used in the products and also the critical interactions among ingredients in the formula to change the manufacturing efficiency and product performance;
- Contributes to identifying solutions and improvement areas in Formulas & Processes of existing products and supports the local RDQ on defining a corrective action plan and monitor the execution;
- Contribute to define technological solution aimed to sustain the breakthrough innovation pipeline in accordance with company long term strategy;
- Ensures the smooth running of projects, planning execution, managing resources, interact with other departments (marketing, packaging, operations, regulatory, Supply chain, finance etc) and monitoring process to meet targets and objectives;
- Ensure the direct reports have a targeted objectives/development plan and support them in achieving their goals.

Our Perfect Candidate
- Degree in food techno

📌 Group RDQ Jelly Candy Manager (Italia)
🏢 Perfetti Van Melle
📍 Italia