Global Product Manager (m/f/d) Taste Modulation

Reference ID: 41426

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition? We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

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.

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.

Your Role

• Proactively develop and implement an innovative, competitive and economically sustainable product range and a corresponding portfolio strategy for the product segment "Taste Modulation" within the Global Business Unit Taste
• Manage and drive the continuous improvement of the Global assortment and the regional implementation
• Monitor revenue and profit development and sales activities of the product range and develop and set corrective actions accordingly
• Define product range of existing and innovative products
• Work closely together with peer teams of R&D, Marketing, Pricing, Supply Chain and Sales to communicate innovations of the product groups
• Thoroughly analyze markets in order to find new opportunities in regard to raw materials, technologies, concepts and products
• Continuously drive Idea to Market projects proposing new ideas in terms of product ranges to fill gaps in current portfolio
• Drive multi-disciplinary projects through horizontal leadership, and coordination skills among different areas to conclude projects on time
• Actively monitor markets & competitors through portfolio benchmarking and prepare competitive Analysis

Your Profile

• Experience in the field of product management in the beverage, food or chemical industry
• Technical experience and sales experience could be beneficial
• Successfully completed degree in food technology, general business administration or a similar qualification
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and a structured, effective and responsible style of working
• Hands-On experience in project and time management
• Motivation to drive Business to excellence in a new and challenging environment
• Business Fluent in English
• Convincing and enthusiastic communication and presentation skills at all business levels, ability to work independently as well as in a team

Your Benefits

• Culture: Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues
• Impact: You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition
• Empowerment: You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities
• Digitalization: We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies
• Anniversary and special payments
• Employee referral bonuses
• Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.)
• Welcome@Döhler: Onboarding event for all new colleagues, as well as several weeks of individual training 
• Döhler Academy: You have the opportunity to continuously develop your education further through internal and external training programs
• Food is taken care of: On-site cafeteria with regional and varied cuisine and complimentary drinks 
• Stay fit: Take advantage of local sports offerings at reduced prices 
• Mobility: Subsidized Germany ticket or JobRad 
• Insurance benefits such as company pension plans and accident insurance 
• Global growth trajectory: Challenging and internationally oriented work at our headquarters in Darmstadt 
• Attractive location in Darmstadt: Easily accessible by train, bus, on foot, or by car (free parking)

Equal opportunities for all

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.

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.