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Director R&D / QA

With R&D track record and strong leadership skills

Prinsen Berning / DUPP - Food Recruitment | wo | Helmond / Georgsmarienhütte

Geplaatst : 19 / 09 / 2024

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Company

Prinsen Berning  is a fast-growing company in the field of active nutrition. In total they have some 600 employees, who are located at their offices and manufacturing facilities in Helmond (The Netherlands) and Georgsmarienhütte (Germany). Key activities are the development, production and sales of nutritional powders and protein bars. The strategic focus of Prinsen Berning is on co-manufacturing for brand owners and retailers, mainly for European customers. They offer tailor made solutions with their broad capabilities and services in market & consumer insights, product development & innovation, process & packaging and quality assurance & supply chain. Currently the locations in The Netherlands and Germany have separate teams for the functional disciplines Research & Development and Quality Assurance. In order to stimulate company synergies and to further professionalise business processes, the new position of Director R&D / QA will be created as part of the Prinsen Berning Management Team. For this new and challenging role a proven track record in R&D management and relevant QA knowledge are required.

Position

• Responsible for the organisation and performance of the functional disciplines Research & Development and Quality Assurance
• Developing and defining the plans for R&D and QA with support base from the organisation and in line with the Prinsen Berning strategy and budget
• Leading the local teams for R&D and QA (in total around 40 employees) by creating synergies, professionalising business processes and facilitating people development
• Implementing the product development and innovation strategy by delivering tailor made customer solutions and by creating new product concepts
• Building relevant expertise about raw materials, product technology (including process and packaging knowledge) and healthy nutrition
• Visiting key customers and or promising prospects together with management and / or the sales organisation
• Setting the required quality standards by harmonising QA systems, managing risks, reducing complexity where possible and utilising best practices
• Active member of the Management Team and reporting to the CEO.

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