About this role
<p><b>Reference ID:</b> 41174</p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition? We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.</p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.</p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.</p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p><b>Your Role:</b></p> <ul> <li>You are the expert for your fruit and vegetable product categories along the value chain from crop to consumer markets </li> <li>You understand product varieties, supply and demand patterns, customer needs, competition and trends </li> <li>Identify growth opportunities for your product portfolio globally, evaluate attractiveness for Döhler and associated requirements. Creation of a global go-to-market strategy for your portfolio </li> <li>Manage the global assortment of your b2b product category to ensure it is complete, competitive and profitable</li> <li>Analyze defined key performance indicators and customer feedback in order to feed that back into the product roadmap</li> <li>Drive potential management together with market intelligence and map assortment against it</li> <li>Collaborate with the regional product managers and regional heads to push your product categories in destination markets</li> <li>Collaborate with Application, R&D, Pricing and Supply Chain (Plant Management) to ensure your portfolio is meeting market needs and trends</li> <li>Ensure in-house trainings to foster a deeper understanding of the product portfolio and positioning</li> <li>Communication of up-to-date and aligned portfolio updates on relevant media within and outside of the organization </li> <li>Develop and cultivate best practices, way of working and tools for the business unit “Fruits & Vegetables”</li> <li>Define asset/CAPEX requirements in close alignment with regional BU teams and plant management</li> <li>Support the sales teams by actively engaging in customer visits, projects and briefings to share specific product and market knowhow</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><b>Your Profile</b></p> <ul> <li>Successful track record as a product manager or related commercial role in the food & beverage or related industry, ideally in a b2b business environment and/or with a focus on commodities </li> <li>Degree in food technology, general business administration or a similar qualification</li> <li>Analytical capacity to dive deep into data pools like sales results, market intelligence data, draw conclusions and translate them into actions</li> <li>Hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial thinking skills, capable of working well as part of a team as well as independently</li> <li>Integrative personality with the ability to work in a matrix organization with many stakeholders</li> <li>Ability to deal with ambiguity, manage change and multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment</li> <li>Strong customer mindset with demonstrated ability to engage directly and honestly with customers and deliver positive experience by creating a partnership mentality</li> <li>Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to meet deadlines</li> <li>Willingness to travel globally up to 20% of the working time</li> <li>Fluent English and German will be required. Other additional languages are welcome<br> </li> </ul> <p><b>Your Benefits</b></p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify">Culture: Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Impact: You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Empowerment: You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Digitalization: We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Anniversary and special payments</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Employee referral bonuses</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.)</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Welcome@Döhler: Onboarding event for all new colleagues, as well as several weeks of individual training</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Döhler Academy: You have the opportunity to continuously develop your education further through internal and external training programs</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Food is taken care of: On-site cafeteria with regional and varied cuisine and complimentary drinks (location-specific)</li> <li style="text-align:justify">Stay fit: Take advantage of local sports offerings at reduced prices </li> <li style="text-align:justify">Mobility: Subsidized Germany ticket or JobRad </li> <li style="text-align:justify">Insurance benefits such as company pension plans and accident insurance </li> <li style="text-align:justify">Global growth trajectory: Challenging and internationally oriented work at our headquarters in Darmstadt </li> <li style="text-align:justify">Attractive location in Darmstadt: Easily accessible by train, bus, on foot, or by car </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><b>Equal opportunities for all </b></p> <p style="text-align:justify">We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.</p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.</p>