Product Development Manager

Product Development Manager role at Barry Callebaut, responsible for customer product development, product expertise, and technical support in Australia and New Zealand. The role involves project management, customer relations, and training.

Requirements

• Bachelor /Master Degree in Food Science / Food Technology
• Demonstrated experience in the Food Industry
• Knowledge of the chocolate industry is preferred
• Demonstrated capability in project management
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Experience in Sales or customer interaction
• Good knowledge of working tools (MS Office, Google Suite, Salesforce, SAP)
• Fluent Business English
• Foundation knowledge and qualification as a professional food scientist/food technologist
• Demonstrated experience in professional, commercial product development in a multinational FMCG company
• Demonstrated experience in the Australian and/or New Zealand markets, or similar highly regulated environments
• Commercial influencing skills (presenting, discussing, negotiating)
• Well-developed stakeholder management and communication skills, including in the communication of technical subject matter to a non-technical audience
• Analytical mindset with an eagerness to learn and take ownership
• Demonstrated ability to work in a complex, fast-paced environment with evolving customer requirements
• Entrepreneurial spirit and passion to deliver quality outcomes
• Consumer and customer-oriented mentality
• Demonstrated Project Management skills
• Create a solution-driven and problem-solving attitude
• Hands-on mentality and determined to always deliver against objectives
• Being open to and adapting quickly to new sales and marketing approaches
• Compliant with regulations across multiple jurisdictions and corporate standards

Benefits

• We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate.
• We are committed to Diversity & Inclusion.
• United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think.