Food Development Specialist (Cheese)

Are you passionate about bringing delicious cheese creations to life? Do you thrive in a collaborative R&D environment? We're seeking a Development Specialist Cheese to join the dynamic team in Wageningen. As the key link in product development, you'll transform business needs into innovative cheese products, working closely with Marketing, Sales, Operations, and QA, both internally and with external partners. You'll be instrumental in developing new products, enhancing existing ones, and coordinating crucial tests from lab to production. If you're ready to make a tangible impact and shape the future of cheese, I want to hear from you!

• Development experiments Set up, plan, execute and analyse experiments, and reports results, taking into account possible risks, in line with test set-up and strategy of the R&D and/or business department;
• Upscaling: Upscale and implement new products/processes/packages/applications in operational environment, according to all applicable guidelines;
• Value engineering : Assess, improve and refine existing products/processes/packages/ applications; 
• Projects : Set-up, plan and execute projects in own area, within the project management guidelines and the R&D and/or business strategy;
• Knowledge development : Keep up with relevant internal and external developments in the own area of expertise, exchange and share knowledge with other professionals, as well as develop and maintain own network;
• Relation management : Build and maintain a network of relevant internal and external relations, stakeholders, partners and customers, especially in the triangle operations, marketing & sales and R&D.

Results

• Development experiments: Feasibility of new products/processes/packages is tested meeting the applicable quality and safety standards and in line with project objectives;
• Upscaling: New products/processes/packages/applications are fully tested at pilot and factory scale;
• Value engineering : Total cost of ownership is reduced;
• Projects : Project objectives and contribution to the R&D department and business requirements are realised;
• Knowledge development : Knowledge of and insight into developments within the professional specialism is up-to-date
• Relation management : Information and new ideas are used as input for R&D activities, R&D input is given for commercial opportunities and access to relevant parties and (new) information is maintained.