About this role
<p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">Join the Magic</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">Are you passionate about shaping the future of food? At Puratos, we turn bold ideas into lasting impact through innovation, expertise, and a commitment to well-being.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">To strengthen our team in Portugal, we are looking for:</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">General Manager Portugal</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">(<em>Sintra, Portugal</em>)</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#984806"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">Your Mission</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">As General Manager for Puratos Portugal, you will lead a mature Puratos entity with full P&L responsibility, guiding all core functions—including Sales, Marketing, R&D, HR, Finance, Manufacturing, and Distribution. You'll oversee +140 employees, driving growth aligned with a global 2030 vision.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:6.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">What you will do</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">As General Manager Portugal, you will lead and guide all activities from strategy setting to day-to-day execution including the following:</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Lead and oversee all aspects of the organization’s operations</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">—including manufacturing, engineering, quality, R&D, marketing, sales, HR, finance, and product management—to ensure seamless daily execution and long-term success.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Build and empower a high-performing team</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">, fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous development to attract, retain, and grow talent across the organization.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Drive financial and operational excellence</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif"> by implementing group standards, monitoring performance, and proactively addressing challenges to ensure profitability and outstanding customer service.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Strengthen stakeholder relationships internally and externally</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">—engaging with customers, peers, authorities, and professional associations—to enhance collaboration and market presence.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Uphold compliance and ethical standards</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">, ensuring adherence to legal, regulatory, and corporate policies related to labor, tax, quality, safety, and security.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Participate in merger and acquisition growth activities</span></strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">, including investigations, evaluations, negotiations, and integration in accordance with corporate objectives and plans</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><em><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Represent the organization externally</span></em><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif"> in professional associations to enhance visibility and support business interests. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 36.0pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 6.0pt;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">What we expect from you</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Master’s degree in Business or Economics combined with a solid track record of success in senior managerial position with P&L responsibility in the FMCG or related industries. </span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Ability to coach, motivate and inspire others in the organization and ensure a team cohesiveness resulting in great shared outcomes.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Strong strategy development and execution skills to engage the team in a successful journey of fast growth. Proactive, systematic, rigorous, positive and dynamic with a bias for action.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Demonstrated track record of customer engagement and impact with a passion for great products and customer relationships. </span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Digital-savvy and data driven leader with a continuous improvement mindset and a passion for optimizing ways of working. </span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Well-developed organizational skills with ability to establish a well-ordered agenda.</span></li> <li style="color:black;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif">Strong communication and interpersonal skills to connect in a multi-geographical and international environment to build solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders.</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height:13.8pt;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="line-height:13.8pt;background-color:white;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:#c00000">Our Mission</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">At Puratos, we believe that food has extraordinary power in people’s lives. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, we turn innovation and food culture into opportunities for our customers’ success. We continuously improve the way we work by being curious about digital innovation — including data, automation and AI — to learn, collaborate and create impact together. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:black">We want to move the planet forward by creating innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. With over 11,000 employees in over 85 countries and turnover of 3.6 billion euros (2025), Puratos thrives on innovation, a pioneering spirit, and a unique culture. Our strong growth and commitment to local communities make working at Puratos truly special.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic', sans-serif;color:white;background-color:white">#LI-JP</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p>