Innovation Portfolio & Project Manager - Preservation & Nutrition

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Turn promising ideas into innovations that create real customer value.

At Corbion, innovation is central to our growth ambitions. We are looking for an Innovation Portfolio & Project Manager to help drive innovation across our Preservation and Nutrition portfolios.

• Job category: Research and Development
• Work location: Hybrid
• Office location: Gorinchem, NL
• Job type: Full Time but Part Time optional

This is not a traditional project management role. You will combine hands-on leadership of strategic innovation projects with portfolio and commercial thinking, working at the intersection of science, technology, customer needs and business opportunity.

Your role

You will take ownership of strategic innovation projects and help move them from idea through development toward successful delivery.

Alongside project leadership, you will support the development of our innovation portfolio, helping evaluate opportunities, strengthen business cases and ensure our innovation activities remain connected to customer needs and strategic priorities.

You will work in an international, cross-functional environment with colleagues across R&D, business development, product management and other commercial and technical functions.

What you'll do

• Lead strategic innovation and new product development projects.
• Translate objectives into clear plans, priorities and milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and drive execution.
• Manage project risks, dependencies and stakeholder alignment.
• Support the evaluation and development of innovation opportunities.
• Connect technical possibilities with customer and business needs.
• Contribute to portfolio prioritization and decision-making.
• Help translate promising ideas into compelling value propositions.

What we're looking for

You bring:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in science, engineering, food technology, nutrition, biotechnology, innovation management, business or a related field.
• Relevant professional experience in innovation, product development, project management, portfolio management or business development.
• Experience working in a commercial or industrial environment.
• The ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders in a matrix organization.
• A combination of structured project execution and strategic and commercial thinking.
• Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• A proactive, collaborative and results-oriented mindset.

A formal project management qualification is an advantage, but demonstrated experience getting complex projects moving is more important.

Why Corbion?

This role offers something unusual: the opportunity to combine strategy and execution, science and business, and portfolio thinking with hands-on project leadership.

You will work on innovation connected to Corbion's BRIGHT 2030 growth ambitions in Preservation and Nutrition, collaborate with colleagues across different disciplines and geographies, and have the opportunity to influence how promising ideas develop into future growth opportunities.

If you enjoy bringing people, science and business opportunities together and turning innovation into action, we'd like to hear from you.

About Corbion

Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics.