Produktentwickler (m/w/d) Frische

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · Visbek, Germany
Experience
3 years

Job description

Product developer for fresh convenience food products, responsible for developing new products from raw materials to finished goods and managing recipes, specifications and first productions.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
On-site · Visbek, Germany
Languages
German

What you'll do

  • Develop new products from raw materials to the finished product
  • Process and create sample requests and samples
  • Accompany first productions and line tests
  • Recipe management and project documentation
  • Organise and check new ingredients
  • Process specifications for raw materials and finished articles
  • Update existing production processes and workflows
  • Process and product optimisation within new developments
  • Declaration/labelling checks
  • Collaborate with laboratories and research institutions

What we're looking for

  • Completed degree in food technology, oecotrophology, or qualification as a food technology specialist with solid experience in a comparable position
  • Basic knowledge of food law and food chemistry
  • Experience with HACCP, allergen management and IFS
  • Process knowledge in the food industry
  • Careful and independent way of working
  • Commitment and assertiveness, with goal-oriented, careful and efficient action
  • High degree of independence, organisational ability and team spirit
  • Analytical and conceptual working style, good numerical understanding, forward-looking and holistic thinking

Benefits

  • Exciting and varied full-time job (part-time possible)
  • Secure workplace in an international environment with flat hierarchies and friendly colleagues
  • Company fitness: subsidised gym membership via the EGYM Wellpass network

How to get hired

  1. 1Apply via the application button and the corresponding application form
  2. 2Questions about the position can be asked by phone or email

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About Plukon Food Group Germany

At Plukon you are part of a leading European food group

Plukon's range spans meal components to ready meals and salads, based on poultry meat products and increasingly vegetables and alternative proteins, sold in supermarkets and quick-service restaurants across Germany.

Mission

To contribute to the responsible nutrition of 265 million consumers in Europe

Key facts

  • Visbek, Germany
  • Food production
  • Visbek is the heart of Plukon Food Group in Germany, hosting three key parts of the group
  • Plukon GmbH is the German administrative headquarters
  • Plukon Visbek GmbH is a poultry processing operation specialising in frozen convenience products
  • Plukon Agri GmbH handles sales of day-old chicks and purchasing of slaughter poultry
  • Products are available in supermarket chilled sections and quick-service restaurants throughout Germany