Head of Production Flavours (m/f/d)

Date: Nov 27, 2024

Location: Darmstadt, DE

Company: Döhler Group

Reference ID: 41608

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:

  • Responsibility for the full operational management of flavor production, from raw material provisioning to final product completion.

  • Monitoring and managing daily production processes with a focus on quality, efficiency, and on-time delivery.

  • Implementing and optimizing production standards based on Lean Management principles.

  • Planning and coordinating human resources to ensure a smooth production flow, even during peak and seasonal periods.

  • Actively leading and motivating your team, while fostering the targeted development of employees through training and coaching.

  • Ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards in production, and proactively addressing health and environmental management areas.

  • Close collaboration with internal departments such as logistics, purchasing, and quality assurance to ensure effective process management.

  • Supporting investment projects aimed at increasing efficiency and optimizing the production site.

  • Support with tax-related matters as a tax assistant (Steuerhilfsperson).

 

Your Profile:

  • Several years of experience in a responsible production role, ideally in the food, flavor, or chemical industry.

  • Proven experience managing batch production processes and optimizing production workflows.

  • Strong leadership and communication skills, combined with the ability to motivate and continuously develop your team.

  • Solid expertise in Lean Management and process optimization.

  • Completed studies in food technology, chemistry, process engineering, or a related field.

  • High problem-solving skills as well as a strong quality and responsibility mindset.

  • Proficient in standard MS Office applications and ERP systems.

  • Fluent in both German and English, spoken and written.

 

 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.)

 

The respective job profile is classified under BG AT according to Döhler Entgelttabelle.

 

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 to the attention of Silja Dengler. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.