Food T&I Manager bread

La Lorraine Bakery Group (LLBG) is a 100% Belgian family-owned company with more than 80 years of experience in the milling and bakery sector. Every day, more than 5,000 enthusiastic employees create and sell high-quality bakery products worldwide to consumers, retailers, and the foodservice sector in more than 30 countries.

LLBG counts 4 business units (fresh, frozen, milling and store concepts) and represents various bakery product categories (bread, viennoiserie, sweet on the go, savoury, and patisserie), amongst which bread is the leading one. The frozen bread business is situated mainly in Western & Central Europe, and in the Middle East. La Lorraine Bakery Group has the ambition to further expand and strengthen its market position in the bread category. To realize this goal, LLBG is looking for an enthusiast, versatile and self-driven Food T&I Technology Leader Bread.

Your role:

• You are member of the central R&D team, working closely with the Production Technologists, Quality Managers and Production Managers in the local production sites in different countries. For innovations & NDP you work closely with the NPD and marketing team.

• You manage 4 Food Technology & Innovation specialists. You are responsible for the pilot bakery related to the product category Bread. Indirect you lead the local Production Technologists (dotted lines).

• You manage them in applying the best proven production & quality practices from ingredients, over processes to end products by giving them your professional technological advice.

• You build, maintain and spread the knowledge base relevant for the product category bread. This means combining scientific knowledge, craftsmanship, and practical implementation.

• You create training sessions to relevant stakeholders and new trainees on the essentials of the product category.

• You lead the start up of new technologies (ingredients, recipes, process, storage, bake off parameters) and the creation of new products.

• You report to the International R&D Director in the BU Frozen.

Your profile:

Experienced bakery technologist with a strong vision

Job requirements

• Master's Degree or equivalent in bakery technology.
• Experience in this field within a context of industrialized processes.
• Experience in bakery or passionate by baking bread.
• Fluently in English is essential.
• Willing to travel in Europe 40-60% of the time.

Competences

• Passion to develop top level products and technologies and knowing how to do it.
• Drive and personality to manage and build relationships with all stakeholders.
• Experienced in project management: challenged by complexity, getting topics prioritized.
• Flexibility and agility since you will work in a dynamic environment.

Location

Erpe-Mere (Belgium) or nearby a production site in Europe (Poland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary).

Our offer:

• You will join a growing Belgian family business active in the European bakery sector.
• Every day, more than 4,000 enthusiastic colleagues produce and sell high-quality bakery products to consumers, supermarkets and the catering industry. This is a unique opportunity to work within a company with a strong vision, that continues to grow and innovate in top products.
• We offer you a fascinating and varied role in which you play a critical role in the development of our products.
• At La Lorraine Bakery Group, entrepreneurship is strongly appreciated and there is room to take initiative.
• You will join a team of driven and enthusiastic (international) colleagues, who are happy to share their knowledge and help you grow and develop. Our LLBG Academy supports and develops our employees through various training initiatives. By developing everyone's talent and expertise, we can all become the best version of ourselves.
• You will be part of an organisation with strong growth ambitions that also wants to take responsibility for the environment and society. We are committed to meeting today's expectations in a sustainable way, with our future generations in mind.
• We value our employees and invest in a happy work environment through various initiatives such as: sports and wellbeing activities, respect for worklife balance through 1 day/week of homeworking and flexible working hours.
• In this function you enjoy an interesting financial package including a company car, meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance and group insurance, complemented by 30 days of vacation that can be planned freely.
• Our products take centre stage and you can literally taste our passion every day.

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