Gum Base Scale-Up & Process Specialist

Perfetti Van Melle; Lainate; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfetti Van Melle, in Lainate, Italy, is seeking a GRDQ Gum Base Industrialization & Process Specialist to join our R&D team. This on-site, full-time role focuses on leading industrialization projects for gum base technologies, driving scale-up, process optimization, and successful implementation across global sites.

The ideal candidate has a master's in a relevant field, 5 years of industrialization or process engineering experience, hands-on plant trial experience, and strong collaboration

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years in industrialization, process engineering, or manufacturing support.
• Experience scaling processes from lab to industrial scale and conducting plant trials.
• Fluent in English and able to work across global sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead scale-up of new gum base formulations and ingredients from lab/pilot scale to full industrial production.
• Define, validate and optimize process parameters.
• Support plant trials, ramp-up phases, troubleshooting, and process stabilization.
• Drive improvements in process robustness, efficiency, quality, and cost.
• Support process simplification, new equipment integration, and standardization.
• Act as technical interface between Research & Development, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, and suppliers.
• Support manufacturing sites on trials, deviation management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Share best practices and technical learnings across global gum base units.
• Own industrialization workstreams within complex projects, including risk management, timelines, and reporting.
• Ensure accurate technical documentation and compliance with internal standards and procedures.
• Support master data readiness, system alignment, and BOM accuracy.

Skills

Process engineering

Scale-up

Project management

Global collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

Job description

Perfetti Van Melle, in Lainate, Italy, is seeking a GRDQ Gum Base Industrialization & Process Specialist to join our R&D team. This on-site, full-time role focuses on leading industrialization projects for gum base technologies, driving scale-up, process optimization, and successful implementation across global sites.

The ideal candidate has a master's in a relevant field, 5 years of industrialization or process engineering experience, hands-on plant trial experience, and strong collaboration