Main Purpose of the role

For our GumBase production plant, we are looking for a new colleague who will join our R&D; team.

The Industrialization & Process Specialist leads key industrialization and process projects for gum base technologies, supporting scale‑up, process optimization, and manufacturing implementation across global sites.
The role acts as a critical link between R&D;, Engineering and Operations to ensure robust, efficient, and scalable processes while supporting innovation, quality, and business continuity.

What you will do
- Lead scale‑up of new gum base formulations and ingredients from lab/pilot scale to full industrial production;
- Define, validate and optimize process parameters;
- Support plant trials, ramp‑up phases, troubleshooting, and process stabilization;
- Drive improvements in process robustness, efficiency, quality, and cost;
- Support process simplification, new equipment integration, and standardization;
- Act as technical interface between Research & Development, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, and suppliers




- Support manufacturing sites on trials, deviation management, and continuous improvement initiatives;
- Share best practices and technical learnings across global gum base units;
- Own industrialization workstreams within complex projects, including risk management, timelines, and reporting
- Ensure accurate technical documentation and compliance with internal standards and procedures
- Support master data readiness, system alignment, and Bill of Materials (BOM) accuracy.

Our Perfect Candidate
- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Science, or related field;
- 5 years in industrialization, process engineering, or manufacturing support, experience in food or pharmaceutical related industries is preferred;
- Proven experience scaling processes from lab to industrial scale;
- Hands‑on experience with plant trials and process validation;
- Experience working within global, matrix org

📌 GRDQ Gum Base Industrialization (Italia)
🏢 Perfetti Van Melle
📍 Italia