Senior Product Development Manager - Food (m/w/d)

About us:

The Hamburg-based EVP Group connects and coordinates the competencies & resources of mid-sized Consumer Health Care (CHC) companies with differentiated regional and indicative focal points. Our core market is Europe, but we distribute our products worldwide.

We support customers from trade and industry in developing their own CHC brands with constantly new, trend-oriented product developments. Our full-service includes the entire performance spectrum from tailored ideas to the shelf. With our own, individually positioned brands, we offer differentiated consumer target groups attractive solutions for their personal health management.

In the group, we currently deliver over 500 articles of all regulatory categories (over-the-counter medications, medical devices, nutritional supplements, and cosmetics) and cover all common indications from colds to beauty, as well as all forms of delivery from solid to liquid. We rely on high quality standards and innovative technologies or ingredients.

This is what we expect from you:

• Continuous market and competitive observation, as well as identification of trends and innovation potential for the development of new product ideas in the area of nutritional supplements, consumer health, and adjacent food categories
• Development of new product concepts based on market, trend, and competitive analyses with a focus on the DACH market and international cooperation with other development locations, taking into account customer, shopper, and consumer needs
• Participation in the further development of the innovation agenda in the area of Food/NEM, especially through the derivation of relevant growth fields and portfolio gaps based on market, competitive, and consumer understanding
• Counseling internal employees (Sales/Marketing) and external customers (on product conception/formulation, legal issues, layout design etc.) for new products and re-launches
• Responsibility for product dossiers: preparation of recipes, initiation of stability tests, guarantee of specifications, and test instructions in the context of approval for release to the market, guarantee of labeling/package design (layout)
• Responsible planning and coordination of the launch process: project management, interface communication with all involved departments and with the manufacturer
• Preparation of legal statements in response to official complaints Support of the Sales and Quality departments regarding labeling-related inquiries and complaints as well as quality-related material questions
• Collaboration with external service providers and laboratories regarding analytics, relevant data, and methods, as well as participation in creating production and testing specifications
• Follow-up on legal developments in the context of food law and evaluation of relevant impacts on existing and new product concepts
• Accompaniment during QM audits (IFS/DIN EN ISO 9001)

We're looking for you!

• Bachelor's degree in Food Chemistry, Food Technology, Nutrition Science, etc.
• Fundamental market knowledge in the area of nutritional supplements (NEM), especially regarding market developments, trends, and raw materials
• Ability to develop innovative, customer-individual private-label products with a clear focus on customer and consumer needs, from mainstream-oriented concepts to differentiated, future-oriented product ideas
• Multiple years of experience in a comparable field in the Food/Consumer Healthcare sector with a focus on NEM
• Very good communication skills as well as sovereign stakeholder management in cooperation with Sales, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, external partners, and international development locations
• Knowledge of food law and food analytics is urgently required
• Solid MS-Office knowledge
• Fluent German and English language skills in writing and speaking
• Independent, structured, and meticulous work style with entrepreneurial understanding
• Teamwork ability as well as joy in interdisciplinary and international cooperation

We offer you!

• A job at a future-proof company with high innovation power that operates in a constantly growing and exciting market
• A varied task field with a wide range of design options, as well as a highly qualified, motivated, and collegiate team
• A corporate environment characterized by flat hierarchies, trust, and short decision-making paths
• The opportunity to actively bring in ideas, think holistically across departments, and drive things forward in the team
• Taking over responsibility and actively shaping processes
• Free drinks and fresh fruit
• Support for occupational pension planning beyond the statutory framework
• Public transportation ticket

Your contact person:

If you would like to get to know us, then we look forward to your application with possible start date and salary expectations.

Christopher Oehmig, Senior HR Business Partner is happy to answer any questions you may have.

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