Head of Business Unit (m/f/d) Health

TT Exchange Rates; Darmstadt; Vor Ort; EUR 100.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player in natural ingredients is seeking a dynamic product manager to shape the future of nutrition. In this role, you will develop and implement strategies for the global health business, focusing on innovation and customer engagement. You will lead a team of product managers, drive growth initiatives, and build strong relationships with customers. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment that values diversity and personal development. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for food and beverage markets, this role could be your next career milestone.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in international product management in B2B Food & Beverage.
• Strong customer mindset with strategic thinking and leadership skills.

Aufgaben

• Develop and implement business strategy for global health business.
• Lead product managers and drive innovation projects to commercialization.

Kenntnisse

Product Management

B2B Food & Beverage Markets

Strategic Thinking

Customer Engagement

Project Management

Team Leadership

Innovation Management

Fluent English

German Language

Jobbeschreibung

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.

As part of Doehler’s focus on people and growth, a structured handover with the current position holder is planned before he will move to a new internal role. This supports an effective onboarding and transition period.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the business strategy for the global health business including the product portfolio, business development, supply chain, pricing, innovation and the overall growth initiatives.
• Define a sustainable, profitable roadmap to drive the business and revenue growth in line with customer requirements, while ensuring it is in line with the Doehler business value.
• Lead and develop a team of product managers.
• Drive innovation projects and pipelines through to the commercialization stage.
• Build a strong working relationship with the product organization and the respective internal stakeholders within our global matrix organization.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with our customers to build a deeper understanding of their needs, workflows and business challenges.
• Support customer visits with the sales team and take over public appearances.
• Communicate up-to-date and aligned portfolio updates on all media incl. product portfolio displays within and outside of the organization.
• Ensure in-house trainings to foster a deeper understanding of the product portfolio and the positioning.

Your Profile

• Successful track record in a similar international product management focused on B2B Food & Beverage markets.
• Minimum five years supervisory or managerial experience in a matrix environment is required.
• Proven technological knowledge in bioscience with a strong commercial drive.
• Proven track record creating and executing product roadmaps incrementally and sustainably.
• Strong customer mindset with demonstrated ability to engage directly and honestly with customers and deliver positive experience by creating a partnership mentality.
• Must be a strategic thinker with the ability to influence and drive business objectives while maintaining our company and people values.
• Very good understanding of current talent management practices with a great passion for people development.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial thinking skills, capable of working well as part of a team as well as independently.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, manage change and multiple priorities in a dynamic and ever-changing surrounding.
• Willingness to travel globally between 20%-30% of the working time.
• Fluent English will be required. German or other additional languages highly beneficial.

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 through our career portal. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.