Product Design and Development Manager (m/f/d), Fulda

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.”

Tasks

• Collaborating closely with the entire R&I organization, regulatory bodies, marketing, and the manufacturing site to deliver the China Innovation pipeline and product registration.
• Serving as the technical lead during formulation design and development, with particular emphasis on the industrialization phases of new product development.
• Ensuring new recipes are validated at the manufacturing site following R&I procedures and aligned with Chinese regulations for registration and commercialization.
• Providing essential support for first-time-right registration and commercial activities.

Profile

• Experience as a food developer or in R&I, ideally with infant formula, Medical Nutrition, dairy processing, and spray drying
• Master's degree in Food Technology or equivalent experience
• Excellent stakeholder management skills for effective communication across business functions and levels
• Fluency in German; professional English required; Chinese is desirable