Senior Business Associate Food

Gwynt; Esch; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lease car

Job summary

Gwynt is seeking a Senior Business Associate to lead strategic initiatives across food-sector clients, shaping operational roadmaps and transformation programs. You’ll drive improvements in capacity, flexibility, and make‑or‑buy decisions while leveraging AI and robotics to push performance.

You’ll work from the Netherlands with executive exposure, building client relationships and delivering concrete plans that translate strategy into measurable results.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in Operations within food manufacturing.
• Experience leading strategic transformation projects.
• Track record implementing new technology (mechatronics, robotics/AI).
• Extensive continuous improvement experience (Lean Six Sigma).
• Strong supply chain management experience (logistics, S&OP, inventory).
• Academic background in technical/econometrics/technical business admin.
• Consulting experience or strong aspiration to develop consulting skills.
• Strong network and ability to generate opportunities with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects with clients in the food sector and translate strategy into concrete plans.
• Advise boards and management on operational excellence, capacity, and technology deployment.
• Drive change management, project/program governance, and implementation of improvements.
• Develop and grow client relationships to enable growth of Gwynt.
• Navigate cross-functional teams on shop floor and at board level to sustain results.

Skills

Operations experience

Transformation leadership

Tech adoption

Lean Six Sigma

Supply chain expertise

Consulting interest

Networking

Communication / presentation

Education

Academic degree in technical/econometrics/technical business administration

Tools

Mechatronics

Robotics/AI

Job description

Expertise Operations

Gwynt is the consulting firm for larger entrepreneurial (family) businesses in retail, wholesale, food and manufacturing. We are the strategic sparring partner when a breakthrough is needed.

The combination of hard skills (strategy, processes, content, project management) and soft skills (behavior, management, change management) makes us unique. Our approach is pragmatic and is not limited to just giving advice; realizing results is always paramount.

Your role at Gwynt

You have a leading role in strategic projects that you execute together with your colleagues at our clients: companies active in the food chain. This includes the production of raw materials, ingredients, private label and brands. Within this role, the focus will be on complex operational issues. Here you can think of projects aimed at improving and perpetuating current performance or anticipating the future or further international expansion.

You combine your up-to-date market knowledge with relevant content expertise and change power within the chain of food companies. As an experienced professional, you will advise food companies through a keen vision of their operational activities and roadmap for the coming years. In it, topics such as operational excellence, capacity, flexibility, make-or-buy, technology (mechanization, robotization and AI) and sustainability are central. You will also frequently encounter projects in the area of Supply Chain Management: for example, you will work on determining and translating a new strategy into concrete plans in areas such as logistics, network planning, S&OP and inventory control.

You will develop strategy with our clients and turn it into concrete plans. You lead complex projects independently, taking an active role in project, program and change management. You use your own analytical skills to develop and implement realistic and creative solution directions.

A Senior Business Associate also helps build the continued growth of Gwynt. With your vision, network and enthusiasm, you enjoy developing existing and new clients.

What does your workday look like?

No two days are the same. One day you work with teams on the shop floor to achieve a culture of operational excellence, the next day you sit at the table with the board of another company to spar about the strategic direction. All to achieve lasting results and a culture of continuous improvement at our client.

You have:

• Minimum of 5 years working experience within Operations at food manufacturers


• Experience leading complex transformation/improvement projects at the strategic level


• Extensive experience leading projects around introducing new technology within the food industry such as mechatronics, robotics/AI and a drive to develop and share this further


• Multiple years of experience with continuous improvement, lean six sigma and guiding team development


• Experience within supply chain management e.g. logistics, network planning, S&OP, inventory control, etc.


• An academic level education; field of study preferably technical, econometrics or (technical) business administration


• Perhaps already have experience in consulting, or you have the ambition to develop consulting skills


• A strong network and you get energy from developing opportunities with current and new clients

Your character:

• You feel at home at the board level as well as in the workplace


• You present complex material clearly


• You are professional in your behavior and communication


• You can handle resistance wellYou know how to position yourself well


• You have a commercial drive

What do we offer you?

You can count on a close team of colleagues who are there for each other and share knowledge and experiences. There is an open culture with plenty of room for entrepreneurship and self-development. We offer an instructive work environment with excellent career opportunities and a competitive benefits package, including a lease car. If interested, you can grow within Gwynt into a managerial position.

Our employees are also closely involved in the further development and growth of Gwynt. Together we determine your future at Gwynt: do you want to develop further as a financial expert or do you choose to expand your consulting skills? Everything is possible!

Do you recognize yourself in the above profile and are you ready for a new challenge?