Product Developer (gn) FMCG - Premium Segment

This position is handled by our IFR-A partner Rau Consultants.

OUR CLIENT

Since the company’s establishment in 1855, the name H. von Gimborn has stood for quality and for highest standards. Their pet products are sold in over 40 countries and are market leaders in important segments of the German specialist trade. Gimborn produces and sells products in the premium segment with its brands Biokat's, GimCat and GimDog. Snacks and treats and cat litter are manufactured in state-of-the-art production facilities in Emmerich am Rhein, Lower Rhine, and Kelheim, respectively. The snack pastes are the centrepiece and number one in this category in Germany.

YOUR NEW ROLE

• You will produce prototypes, develop new products, optimize existing products, including production trials, hereby taking into account animal nutrition, commercial and technical aspects

• You will follow relevant legislation up to series production, including documentation

• You will oversee the implementation of product development projects in the technical phase at suppliers of finished products, support purchasing in selecting suppliers and determine specific details

• You will optimize the in-house process technology and rate and evaluate analysis results

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Ideally, you have completed training as a food engineer/technologist/food scientist (or comparable training) with in-depth knowledge of process engineering

• You have several years of specialist experience in the field of product development in the consumer goods industry. Preferably in the pet industry or alternatively in the food industry

• You have a very good sense of the relationships between animals and humans and their needs

• Good conceptual and analytical skills, solution-oriented and structured way of thinking and working, fluent written and spoken German and English. Ideally SAP knowledge completes your profile

THE OFFER

Gimborn embraces a long-term corporate culture with a very good working atmosphere, short decision-making processes and flat hierarchies. The company offers its employees an innovative workspace with a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. Flexible models for working hours, a 37.5 hour full-time week, targeted training and further education, bicycle leasing, company events and bringing dogs to the office are a matter of course for the company.

The Rhein-Ijssel-Express (RE 19) offers a swift connection across the border to Arnhem in the Netherlands.

YOUR CONTACT

Consultant Heiderose von Malsen will be happy to answer any further questions you may have at +49 176 40 72 83 29. The Rau Consultants vouch for objective information and only pass on your data after express approval. Rau Consultants look forward to receiving your application with the reference RAV04558.