At#TropicanaBrandsGroupwe are passionate about nourishing & delighting our consumers, one sip at a great R&D Team is now looking for a Product Development Manager for France & Rest of Europe based in Belgium.
The role offers opportunities to grow your skills and career as part of a fast paced, creative, and globally connected R&D team Lead a small team of Product Developers and R&D workstreams to deliver our Innovation, Productivity and Brand Stewardship Projects working as part of cross-functional teams.
In this role, you will:
1. Deliver exciting Product Development workstreams as part of wider project teams to contribute to the delivery of our 2025 & 2026 Innovation and Productivity Pipeline
2. Mentor, coach, and provide candid feedback to others in order to increase current performance, capabilities, and readiness for future roles
3. Hands-on development of juices and smoothies that taste great, nourishing our consumers one sip at a time
4. Deliver of Innovation and Productivity projects from concept through to launch
5. Support Commercial teams with retailer presentations and customer facing activity
6. Work with our marketing teams, create great concepts for our 2026/2027 + plans and take them through to launch
7. Prioritize team activities for optimal planning and execution, pivoting as needed as project loads vary
8. Keep stakeholders up to speed with progress, risks and recommendations
9. Contribute to our culture by bringing a continuous improvement, growth mindset and willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities as they arise
10. Work with Our factories and suppliers are all over Europe so you’ll need to be happy with regular travel
11. Collaborate with key Stakeholders, regular interaction with leadership teams and R&D representative within project teams.
This list covers the main duties you will undertake but other duties will be required and added to as required to meet project and business needs. Flexibility to support the business is essential to the role.
To be successul in this role:
12. Minimum 2:1 Degree or equivalent in Food Science or related discipline
13. At least 10 years FMCG Product Development experience, juice/beverage experience is preferred, putting the consumer first, including line management experience
14. Juice/Beverage processing desired
15. Able to work independently and as a team
16. Skilled in prioritisation
17. Problem-solving is second nature
18. Analytical, critical thinker able to interpret and analyse data to reach clear conclusions
19. Creative and calculated risk taker
20. Great communicator using a variety of styles for different audiences both internal and externally
21. Experience with sensory evaluation methodologies, pilot plant trials, and product scale-up processes would be advantageous
22. Demonstrate resiliency when presented with significant and unexpected challenges
23. Languages: English (conversational), Dutch (conversational, mandatory), French (conversational, desired)
24. Travel – 25 - 50%
This role is based in Belgium - Zeebrugge and it will be required to travel in Europe.