Overview

You join the R&D team at our gum base production plant to lead industrialization and process projects from lab to full production. You bridge R&D, Engineering and Operations to deliver robust, scalable processes while enabling innovation, quality, and business continuity. You will drive scale‑up, process optimization and trials across global sites, shaping efficient manufacturing and cost improvements. This role offers hands‑on impact across multi‑site programs with clear ownership and cross‑functional collaboration.

Retribuzione / Benefits

- salary range 45,000–50,000
- additional compensation and company benefits may apply
- global mobility across sites
- diversity and inclusion focus

Responsabilità

- Lead scale‑up of gum base formulations from lab to industrial production
- Define, validate and optimize processing parameters
- Support plant trials, ramp‑ups, troubleshooting and stabilization
- Drive improvements in robustness, efficiency, quality and cost
- Support process simplification and new equipment integration
- Act as interface between R&D;, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Procurement and suppliers
- Support sites on trials, deviations and continuous improvement initiatives




- Share best practices across global gum base units
- Own industrialization workstreams including risk, timelines and reporting
- Ensure accurate technical documentation and compliance with internal standards
- Support master data readiness, system alignment and BOM accuracy

Requisiti fondamentali

- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Science, or related field
- 5 years in industrialization, process engineering, or manufacturing support
- Experience scaling processes from lab to industrial scale
- Hands‑on plant trials and process validation experience
- Experience in global, matrix organizations
- Strong knowledge of process engineering and material behavior
- Fluent in English
- Structured, pragmatic, solution‑oriented mindset
- Solid project management and prioritization skills
- Willingness to mobility across global sites

- Clear communicator with strong ownership and accountability
- Structured and solution‑oriented mindset
- Cross‑functional collaboration
- Industrialization and scale‑up of processes
- Process validation and optimization
- Master data readiness and BOM accuracy

📌 GRDQ Gum Base Industrialization & Process Specialist (Lainate)
🏢 Perfetti Van Melle
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