Rnd Manager Patteserie

**DO YOU HAVE THE APPITITE TO GROW YOUR MAGIC?**

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces, and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Founded in Belgium in 1919, From humble beginnings to worldwide success, join us on our journey and discover our history and heritage.

We’ve evolved from a father-and-son start-up in Belgium, to a global group with more than 9000 employees, 93 innovation centers, and more than 65 manufacturing operations across 81 countries to date. It’s with great pride that we look back on this century of hard work, courage, and innovation. Thank you for making it all possible and let’s continue building the next 100 years of shared success

Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core value our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

**R&D Manager**:Patisserie** (**Johannesburg_, South Africa_)

**Position Overview**

The position is based in Johannesburg R&D Department, reporting directly to the _R&D Executive_,

**Mission**

Is to ensure necessary support to Sales teams by assisting on customer visits, giving training sessions on product knowledge, benchmarking of local products and also support operations with Process Improvement Engineer.

**Applied R&D (40%)**
- Be familiar with formulation, recipe, process, and equipment and support R&D Lab Technician if available
- Pilot project inline with the targets of the R&D Manager Patisserie Mixes
- Ensure continuous building of technical and scientific know-how.
- Food additive legislation knowledge.

**Customer Support, NPD and Innovation (30%)**
- Project definition based on sales or customer contact.
- Development of a lab prototype including raw material selection.
- Follow up of first production trial at the customer’s production plant if requested.
- Innovation: upon strategy of the R&D Manager Patisserie Mixes, develop strategic projects (collaboration with equipment suppliers, key countries).

**Support Operations (30%)**
- Comprehensive technical support on ingredients supply, process optimization and quality system together with the Process Improvement Engineer.
- Align with suppliers on raw material specifications.
- Non-conformities finish good and raw material: advice, support root causing and corrective actions, organize recuperation in collaboration with the Process Improvement Engineer
- Up scaling of lab prototype to production (in collaboration with the Production department) together with the Process Improvement Engineer
- Perform other duties as per operational requirements.

**Job Minimum Requirements**
- Matric (Grade 12) and a National Diploma in Food Science or relevant qualification.
- 3-5 years’ experience in the food sector; FMCG market preferrable; Patisserie orientated.
- Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
- Accuracy will be highly required.
- Written comprehension - the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Good communication skills - English is a prerequisite.
- Ability to read and write in English and any other language(s)
- Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.

**Required Competencies**
- **Collaborating Effectively**: Ability to think and act as one team in a spirit of trust and respect. Being open to different ideas. Building formal and informal relationship networks.
- **Communicating Effectively**: Developing and delivering communications in diverse modes that generate a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- **Driving Performance**: Showing ambition and going the extra mile in achieving expected results. Driving sustainable operational excellence through diligent planning, prioritization, monitoring & effective use of resources.
- **Improving Continuously**: Being passionate about achieving high quality standards for oneself and the organization. Constantly looking for and taking advantage of improvement opportunities
- **Managing Customer Needs**: Being able and eager to find out what the internal or external customer wants and needs and to act accordingly. Making the life of the customer easier. Fostering a customer centric culture

**_Offer_**
- Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages our people to take initiatives and bring ideas that will contribute to the success of the company. Of course, Puratos offers a competitive package (salary, and market related benefits) but additionally, offers you a position that you can further develop and shape._