Process Innovation Manager – Broth Platform

Our client is a global food company based in Barcelona, Spain, operates in over 50 countries across Europe and Africa, offering more than 30 local brands. 

• Drive broth-related technology transformation projects across the Broth platform, from early concept and feasibility through industrialization, ensuring alignment with category and platform strategies.

• Scan global broth, extraction, processing, and formulation technologies to identify innovative, consumer-relevant solutions that enhance taste, nutrition, sustainability, cost efficiency, and competitiveness.

• Translate business, nutritional, and regulatory requirements into clear technical concepts, process specifications, and development pathways, ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Quality, Regulatory, Nutrition, Marketing, Operations, and external technology partners to ensure robust project execution and on-time delivery.

• Develop, pilot, and validate new or optimized broth processes and product concepts, coordinating lab, pilot, and industrial trials to ensure performance, scalability, and cost effectiveness.

• Manage external technology partners and suppliers, including technical qualification, documentation, trials, and knowledge transfer into the organization.

• Ensure sustainability and naturality alignment by integrating clean-label principles, resource efficiency, waste reduction, and energy-optimized processes consistent with corporate sustainability ambitions.

• Build and maintain broth technology knowledge bases and roadmaps, supporting standardization, capability building, and cross-regional knowledge sharing.

• Identify and implement cost and complexity optimization opportunities through process innovation, yield improvement, formulation simplification, and technology leverage.

• Act as the technical reference for Broth within the Technology Transformation Team, supporting capability development, best-practice deployment, and long-term platform competitiveness.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field

• 4–5 years of relevant professional experience in a technical or cross-functional environment

• Strong project management skills, with experience coordinating multiple stakeholders (PMP mindset is a plus)

• Ability to act as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, translating complex concepts into clear and actionable insights

• Experience working in cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment and delivery of project objectives

• Proficiency in SAP and advanced Excel

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a structured and solution-oriented approach

• Fluent in English (C1 level required); Spanish is a plus

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining quality and timelines