Project Manager - Food ingredients

Hubcycle; Avignon; Sur place; EUR 35 000 - 40 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A food innovation company in Avignon seeks a driven Product Manager to transform overlooked by-products into market-ready ingredients. You'll lead product development, maintain knowledge of regulations, and engage with stakeholders. With a strong background in Agro Engineering or Food Sciences, you'll thrive in a dynamic environment. This position offers a starting salary of €35k-€40k gross annually plus bonuses and the option for remote work after initial onboarding.

Prestations

Work from home 2 days/week after the first month

Attractive bonus scheme

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of product development and project management in the food industry.
• Ability to explain product technicity and specificities to customers.
• Curiosity to hunt for data and market info for decision making.

Responsabilités

• Maintain knowledge on food regulations and anticipate business trends.
• Employ food science knowledge to develop new ingredients.
• Identify and activate manufacturing partners for byproducts.

Connaissances

Agile

Team player

Customer service skills

Problem-solving

Formation

Agro Engineering / Food Sciences

Description du poste

Overview

At Hubcycle, we don’t see side streams — we see potential. As our next Product Manager, you’ll be the alchemist of our circular revolution, transforming the food industry’s overlooked sidestreams into high-value, market-ready ingredients. Your mission: take those rough, unpolished by-products and turn them into diamonds — ingredients that are competitive, irresistible, and ready to shine.

This isn’t a role for spectators. We’re looking for someone driven, autonomous, and deeply hands-on, ready to take full ownership from day one. You’ll lead your category’s product development from A to Z — scouting opportunities, shaping concepts, aligning stakeholders, and driving each project to market success.

If you thrive on impact, speed, and accountability, and want to help redefine how the food industry creates value, this is your stage. Bring your curiosity, your energy, and your ambition — we’ll give you the space and support to make it happen.

Alongside the Global Category Manager, your day to day will be more or less as follow :

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of knowledge on local and international food regulations and latest news, and anticipate global business trends.
• Employ your food science knowledge to nurture the new ingredients, explore new applications, and define marketing strategies to generate business perspectives.
• Identify and activate the best manufacturing partners to transform our byproducts.
• Hunt for market info and break down the value chain to propose the best price positioning
• Support Sales Teams by being the technical expert on ingredients specificities using main Unique Selling Points and answering customers technical questions.
• Feed the team with data to help taking the right decision fast
• Coordinates the internal stakeholders to develop timely each new product and grow all confirmed products business size.

The team around you

Reporting to the Global Category Manager you will benefit from his / her expertise within the category, but also from other Product Managers providing you with tips&tricks on the job specificities and technicalities. You will have close exchanges with Sourcing and Sales teams to help you to understand specificities of their role based on side-streams products.

Who You Are

• You like challenges and aim high !
• Flexible and agile, you know what it takes to be part of a Start-Up, an ever changing environment.
• Autonomous, dedicated, humble, rigorous, proactive, details oriented. You know what “cut the crap” means.
• You’re efficient & business oriented -no BS, just solutions.
• Team player AND lone wolf : you own your projects but ask for help when needed.
• You are known for your interpersonal and customer service skills, even in highly stressful situations.

Must-Haves

• Agro Engineering / Food Sciences related education,
• French or English. No problem, you master both of them.
• At least 4 years of product development and Project Management in the food industry is a must.
• Knowledge of the B2B food industry value chain.
• Ability to explain product technicity and specificities to customers.
• Curiosity to hunt for data and market info to support decision making and business opportunities
• Eagerness to understand food product development challenges.
• Be bold enough to think out of the box and bring-up new solutions.
• Very sharp business oriented mind

Nice-to-Haves

• You have a “circular economy mindset”
• You already develop ingredients from by-product s

You embody our core values

• Discernment
• Boldness
• Dedication to performance
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Pragmatism
• Integrity

Salary and conditions

• Contract : Permanent Full-time
• Status : Cadre (Manager)
• Workplace : Avignon (South)
• Work from home : 2 days / week after the first month
• Salary : from 35k€ to 40k€ gross / Year + attractive bonus scheme
• Start ASAP

Process

• Interview with our Talent Acquisition Manager
• Interview “Deep Dive” with Head of People and line Manager
• Interview with our C-levels
• On-Site product tour + coffee chat with the Team

The company

30% of global agricultural raw materials end up as wasted resources. In other words, 6% of our global carbon emissions are generated for nothing. That’s it.

At Hubcycle, we are reshaping the food industry by transforming overlooked by-products into competitive ingredients. Our approach hacks conventional supply chains, demanding boldness, peak performance, pragmatism, and collaboration. This should never prevent us from delivering the highest food safety standards, though.

We act as professionals, always.

Our culture

We believe a great workplace is about working alongside exceptional people who push us forward. We cultivate a culture of excellence, ownership, and impact, ensuring that each person at Hubcycle contributes meaningfully to our mission.

This requires creativity, resilience, and a hunger to challenge the norm. We are not here to play it safe; we are here to build a company that changes how the world sources food.

This environment is demanding and high-impact, but deeply rewarding. Let’s be clear : Even if this sounds sexy, Hubcycle is not for everyone.

So please read on.

Our mission

We buy what others discard.

We spot and assess agri-food by-products, turning them into high-quality, competitive & sustainable ingredients.

We’re not just avoiding waste, we’re rethinking the supply chain, creating a fully upcycled ecosystem for tomorrow’s food.

By connecting industry players to untapped resources, Hubcycle boosts circularity and food access, doing more, with less.