GBfoods Africa Recruitment for Project Development Manager (R&D Food Industry)
Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for GBfoods Africa Recruitment for Project Development Manager (R&D Food Industry).
GINO BU of GB foods is a leading FMCG group in West and Central Africa. They are into Trading and Manufacturing of branded food products for the African market. GB foods is present with its daily meal products in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, CIS Republics, in 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East through prestigious brands as Gallina Blanca, Star, Jumbo, Grand’Italia and Gino. GBFoods – Africa GINO BU has a turnover of around 300 Million USD. Globally we are at about 1 Billion USD turnover.
Job Description
- Company: GBfoods Africa
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
- State: Accra
- Job type: Full-Time
Role & Responsibilities
We need to recruit 3 Product Development Technicians that will be responisble for the preject management for product developments within GB Foods and for their technical implementation
The incumbents will be responsible for the R&D project and counterpart of the designated business representative (Marketing, Sales, Global New Business), being the technical representative for the project in all forums.
- Planning and organization of the project in alignment with the correspondent project’s team members
- Compliance of the project’s KPIs (tracking & reporting)
- Successful handover and implementation of the technical dossier from Research at Viability Gate
- Management of resources allocated to the project, ensuring full efficiency in projects’ execution
- Proposing a technical solution fitting the established KPIs
- Ensuring technical execution of the product development, being responsible of involving all necessary technical counterparts
- Developing products targeting the project’s needs, planning and leading the execution of lab/industrial trials
- Establishing an efficient network in the factory, in alignment with the correspondent factory partner
- Providing the necessary technical inputs (e.g. recipe, inspection plan), and generates the defined technical outputs (such as AW’s, technical sheets), ensuring their availability
What can you expect from us?
Being a part of a new challenging project in a company that is currently explanding its business in the African market
What do we expect from you?
We are looking for committed people, with high sense of accountibility and good technical and personal skills
REQUIREMENTS
- Technical education: food chemistry, food technology
- Previous experience in the food industry in products research and development
- Good communication, and coordination skills
How to Apply
Interested candidates should CLICK HERE to apply.
