Product Optimization Manager (m/f/d), Würzburg

As a world leading food company DANONE stands for international success. Around 104.000 employees work on all five continents in the four business areas Fresh Dairy Products, Early Life Nutrition, Waters and Advanced Medical Nutrition on one corporate mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible.”

Missions

• Act as the plant Single Point Of Contact for Operations, R&I, Quality & C&P
• Provide technical and technological expertise (aligned with the relevant teams in the plant or engineering) to Operations & R&I about industrial pre-feasibility from define phase for all projects
• Owner of industrial trial management: schedule, organize, optimize, report with the technological / technical conclusions or advices and all industrial tests & new product start-ups
• Act as owner of homologation process and assess and build with cross-functional teams the feasibility of project briefs leading to new, modification and/or duplication of R&P specifications versus factory capabilities
• Lead together with the plant performance team, plant FGL and material losses reduction projects
• The start is now at the location in Ochsenfurt near Würzburg.

Profile

• Degree in business administration, engineering or a related field
• 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent experiences in Excel and SAP
• Project management experience
• Deep analytical thinking competency for improving our supply chain process
• Strong ability to work independently and target oriented
• Flexible and assertive personality
• Strong communication skills
• Fluent in English and German
• Strong leadership skills