Food Process Technology Manager

🚀 Are you ready to make an impact in a global food processing organization? Then you might be our new Food Process Technology Manager!

JBT Marel is looking for a Food Process Technology Manager to join the Prepared Foods – Further Processing, Innovation team in Boxmeer.

JBT Marel is a leading global provider of equipment, integrated technology, and services to the food and beverage industry. We help customers produce food more efficiently, sustainably, and safely.

About the Role

Within Further Processing, part of Prepared Foods EMEA, we are looking for a highly motivated Technology Manager who will be part of an ambitious and effective team. The Technology Manager is responsible for driving innovation strategic initiatives within Further Processing. The role plans, directs, organizes, and leads the group to implement projects from conceptual stages through to product launch according to the PDP process. It secures technological boundary conditions and ensures sound, efficient, and effective development while maintaining overall quality. Additionally, the role assists in identifying potential development growth opportunities for new products.

This role requires very close cooperation with the Research group, Innovation Manager, Product Line Director, as well as Sales, Service, and Supply Chain stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Implement strategy and participate in creating a roadmap regarding the portfolio of further processing
• Identify opportunities from customers, markets, and a technology perspective, resulting in high-quality business cases and value propositions
• Lead development and safeguard core technology of this portfolio
• Participate in the patent work group to support maintaining IP rights for the relevant portfolio
• Be responsible for the execution of the development aspects of the innovation project plans effectively and efficiently for all products in this portfolio
• Coordinate the day-to-day work of a multi-disciplinary development team and continuously secure technological integrity and integration into newly developed equipment
• Apply a strong affinity with data-driven solution development, analyzing and combining machine and machine vision data with food technology knowledge into valuable insights and new functionality for the product line and process performance
• Manage employees, including selection, monitoring team performance on a regular basis, coaching and developing employees, setting clear objectives, and conducting performance and salary reviews
• Remain within budget projection for this team as part of the overarching Innovation budget
• Maintain intensive collaboration with other Innovation teams, Sales, Service, and Supply Chain
• Communicate and promote the vision of Innovation
• Build strong relationships with key development customers

What You Bring

• Master degree in Food Science, Agri-Technical / Technological, or a related field by education or experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in development for a comparable industry, preferably in the fish, meat, or poultry sector
• Good knowledge of the business processes of companies in the food industry
• Experience in managing and supervising a team of employees
• Experience in translating technology to machine concepts
• Preferably experience with food safety and government regulatory requirements
• Strong English skills, both written and verbal
• Additional languages are a plus

Skills and abilities

• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Demonstrated performance in Development
• Demonstrated food or process technology mindset and attitude
• Demonstrated data analysis capabilities connected to new product/process development
• Strong communication, negotiating, and conflict resolution skills

Why Join Us?

• Freedom to take initiative and make a real impact in a growing global business
• An environment of trust and respect with space to explore and fail
• A network of specialists who are always willing to help
• A healthy work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Excellent primary and secondary benefits
• Endless possibilities to keep learning, including access to Linkedin Learning and Busuu language learning
• The opportunity to build a career instead of just having a job, with many possibilities for internal growth

Join us — and be the driving force behind smarter, leaner food production.