Product Development & Operations - Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

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JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic, and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced-risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities, and international career paths are part of our everyday life.

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Product Development and Operations - Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

In our R&D RRP (reduced-risk products) Product Development department is an open position as Product Development Manager (m/f/d) based in Trier to fill.

Your job mission:
The incumbent contributes to developing, modifying, and maintaining new Heated Tobacco Products - in particular Heated Tobacco Sticks. The incumbent is responsible for assigned product development / maintenance and project management.

Your tasks:

As the Product Development and Operations - Consumables Manager (m/f/d) in the area of product development, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Leading assigned projects to develop and execute test designs while using tobaccos, materials, and processes most economically
• Initiating the preparation of consumer tests and evaluating the results of product strengths and weaknesses
• Preparation of product specifications, follow-up on product changes to the industrial manufacturing stage, and keeping product ownership on assigned projects
• Initiating and supervising the testing for the technical directions on assigned development projects
• Ensuring the communication on product development and product maintenance to the global supply chain and other stakeholders for the assigned projects
• Managing the implementation of product / specification changes in close cooperation with technical departments and arranging the input into SAP

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree (Bachelor's or PhD), preferably in Chemistry, Food Technology or Agronomy or equivalent education
• Practical experience: Several years of business practise in product development, preferably in the tobacco or FMCG industry
• Valuable knowledge: Understanding of tobacco and markets, casing and flavor, cigarette components, and designs is a plus
• Special strengths: Interest in sensory evaluation of tobacco products. Solid knowledge of the most common PC software applications
• Suitable personality: Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills. Good communication and presentation skills, as well as being team-oriented. Open-minded, ready to learn new things, and flexible attitude
• Language skills: Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional foreign language knowledge is advantageous
• Practised working time model: flextime

Your benefits:

• Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approximately 60 nations at the Trier site
• Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salaries and bonuses as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
• Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being
• Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us, and your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance
• Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation
• Your mobility offer: With our BusinessBike program, we offer you the opportunity to lease the bike of your choice at attractive conditions as part of a permanent position. This is an uncomplicated and flexible way to promote your health
• Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you

Have we aroused your interest?

Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter, and certificates), stating your earliest possible starting date via our online system (Job ID 100740).

Diversity and inclusion:
We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality, and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For these and many other activities in the area of diversity and inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

JT International Germany GmbH
Diedenhofener Straße Trier