Global Product Manager (m/f/d) Citrus, emulsions
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 citrus/emulsions 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 the product range of existing and innovative products.
- Work closely with R&D, Marketing, Pricing, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to communicate innovations of the product groups.
- Analyze markets thoroughly to identify new opportunities regarding raw materials, technologies, concepts, and products.
- Drive Idea to Market projects proposing new ideas to fill gaps in the current portfolio.
- Lead multidisciplinary projects through horizontal leadership and coordination among different areas to ensure timely completion.
- Actively monitor markets and competitors through portfolio benchmarking and prepare competitive analysis.
Your Profile
- Experience in emulsion technologies in the beverage industry.
- Technical experience is required; sales experience is beneficial.
- Degree in food technology, business administration, or similar qualification.
- Strong analytical, conceptual, and structured working skills.
- Hands-on experience in project and time management.
- Motivated to drive business excellence in a challenging environment.
- Business-fluent in English; Spanish or Portuguese is a plus.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to work independently and in teams.
- Result-driven, entrepreneurial, and self-motivated personality.
- Willingness to travel internationally.
What We Offer
- Friendly, informal atmosphere with flat hierarchies and short communication channels.
- Impactful work contributing to the future of nutrition.
- Opportunities for personal development through internal and external training programs.
- On-site cafeteria, fitness offerings, mobility subsidies, insurance benefits, and challenging international work at our headquarters in Darmstadt.
- Attractive location in Darmstadt with easy accessibility.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristics protected by law.
Become part of our team and apply online through our career portal. Please note that we cannot consider or return application documents sent by mail.