Process Technology Manager

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Process Technology Manager - Makó (Hungary) - Your future position?

Overall mission:

As Process Technology Manager at our Makó site, you will guide the industrialization and continuous improvement of flavor production processes, ensuring product excellence and operational efficiency. Through technical leadership, collaboration, and innovation, you'll empower a skilled team to deliver high quality and optimize manufacturing performance following regional technology principles. You will be based in Makó (Hungary) and report to the Operations Manager.

You will:

Product Introduction, Manufacturing and Quality Processes, Technology site support

• Play an important role in transfer and commissioning of products into Makó site

• Manage (NPIR) new product and process flavour industrialization, scaling-up and hand-over to production Ensure new formula conformity according to NPIR and regional Process technology principles. Maintain BOM process instructions (PI lines) of existing products

• Provide support to achieve and maintain quality consistency and functionality of products and efficiency of production processes; support the local quality assessment process for new buy ingredients

• Support Quality lab and Quality system for solving internal and external complaints including the usage of rejected production or raw materials

• Manage internal complaints, (Z2-Q and P). Coordinate the corrective and preventive action. Lead the PDCA analysis in case of internal nonconformity complaint

• Establish corrective / preventive actions in cooperation with involved departments. Suggestions for local business process improvements to increase the quality of products and service. Identify deficiencies, look for efficiency improvements and implement them

• Provide analyse internal complaint date and provide improvement idea if necessary launch projects for further improvements.

• Communicate with FC&A, Sales Regulatory Quality organization, and Commercial organization to address the Formula optimization initiative, such as Atlas briefs. This collaboration will support the waste reduction effort in the end-to-end production process, focusing on Yield & Scrap, Rework, and Repack.

• Support formula administration and technology aspects of change control projects (reformulations, transfers)

• Provide support to achieve and maintain quality consistency and functionality of products and efficiency of production processes; support the local quality assessment process for new buy ingredients

Local Process Technology team

• Oversee local PT team and facilitate functional integration into regional PT organization

• Lead recruitment, training and ensure functional operation of local PT organization

• Assure well trained, motivated, efficient PT team

• Establish annual goals for the local PT team following the regional PT team, local management and business programs. Provide support for individuals to reach their own and team targets.

• Do regular performance reviews, succession planning and talent development.

• Report on project results according to project role

• Support new systems and workflows implementation and other change management related to product industrialization and PT tasks

• Trigger and support the Continuous Improvement programs

• Identify (and lead) continuous improvement opportunities

• Coordinate process technology training related to equipment and manufacturing processes for newcomers and periodically for the factory staff

You:

• Technological University degree in Food Technology, Chemistry or other science discipline

• Minimum 5 years of food industry experience in production, technology

• Fluency in English and Hungarian languages (written and verbal form)

• Solid computer and application systems skills

• Project management capability

• Be a mentor for your team

• R&D experience is an advantage

Our benefits:

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