About the Role
Your role:
As Science & Technology Expert Plant Based Products you create added value by providing scientific and technical input as a key success factor of the Vandemoortele Plant-Based strategy. You reinforce the future of proactive innovations for the MCOF (margarines, culinary oils & fats) business line and support our product leadership by increasingly building our product & process know-how.
Your key responsibilities are:
• You create added value by providing scientific and technical input as a key success factor of the Plant Based strategy. You capture, analyze and report relevant and useful information in the academic world by analyzing food process data, patents, academic articles, developing a network of opinion leaders within the academic world and industry, setting up research projects in collaboration with universities, attending seminars etc.
• You set-up and take the lead on long term research projects in cooperation with R&D colleagues, internal and external stakeholders, universities and knowledge institutes to continuously develop our know-how on plant-based products, ingredients, raw materials and processes.
• In cooperation with our R&D pilot team and lab technicians, you design new experiments and application trials, set-up new analysis methods and analyze the data to gain new insights or test new concepts. Furthermore, you take the lead on validating the proof-of-principle of new concepts and will lead or take part in the upscaling to industrial level.
• You support the R&D technical experts to improve and enhance product development and help finding solutions where needed. You provide in depth knowledge about the ingredients/products/processing and come up with new ideas and solutions based on scientific and technological insights. Furthermore, you implement these ideas in the new or existing products and processes in cooperation with the R&D colleagues. You collect information (internal and external contacts, literature, patents,...) and are part of the project team.
• You report to the S&T Manager MCOF.
What we offer you
Working at Vandemoortele, you will get all the chances to grow within a people oriented and value driven environment, where cooperation, respect and ambition are key. With headquarters based in Belgium you will be part of an international company having a dynamic, driven, ambitious and collegial atmosphere. We believe a more organic, flexible culture leads to a healthier work-life balance, motivates employees and ensures that we can work well together towards even better outcomes.
You will participate is a culture built on thrust, empowerment, self-management and shared leadership, a culture where we all share the same sense of responsibility to getting the job done.
Requirements
You hold a PhD in bio-engineering or food technology and combine it with at least 5 years of
You dispose of good developed analytical thinking skills and you are open-minded in your
Analysing data and processes energize you
You have a mature business personality, you are able to challenge cross functional colleagues
You’re able to work in an autonomous way.
You are proactive, energetic and dare to challenge others. At the same time, you are
As a food lover, you are passionate by food and food technology.
You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, in English.
You are willing to travel 10% of your time (short trips).
About the Company
Vandemoortele is a leading European food group that manufactures and sells high-quality food products. Vandemoortele has two business lines; one in frozen bakery products and one in margarines, culinary oils and fats.
In 2021 Vandemoortele realized a turnover of ca 1,33 billion euro. The Group is present in 12 European countries with 4,800 employees. The Vandemoortele headquarters are located in Ghent, Belgium. Working at Vandemoortele, you will get all the chances to grow within a people oriented and value driven environment, where cooperation, respect and ambition are key. With headquarters based in Belgium you will be part of an international company having a dynamic, driven, ambitious and collegial atmosphere. We believe a more organic, flexible culture leads to a healthier work-life balance, motivates employees and ensures that we can work well together towards even better outcomes.
You will participate in a culture built on thrust, empowerment, self-management and shared leadership, a culture where we all share the same sense of responsibility to getting the job done.
Contact/How to apply
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