Food Technologist (Meals)
You are passionate about developing innovative food products and, working alongside customers, project teams and Production, successfully bring them to fruition. You work in a structured, solution-oriented manner and maintain a clear overview even when juggling several projects at once.
Permanent
100%
Target-oriented working time
as of now
German
What we offer
We offer 5.5 to 6 weeks' holiday, flexible working hours and special leave for important events. Organise your days to work in the office or remotely, buy holidays or work part-time for more free time. There are no company holidays – you plan your holiday flexibly with your line manager.
Catering is very important to us: Enjoy discounts on your lunch in our staff canteen, free fruit and promotions such as free chestnuts, ice cream or smoothies. High-quality products at greatly reduced prices are available in our outlet.
Benefit from excellent public transport connections (bus stop in front of Hilcona), attractive ticket subsidies, ample parking for cars, e-bikes and scooters as well as reimbursement of your travel expenses for business trips – for sustainable and carefree travelling.
Expand your knowledge with extensive training programmes, high-quality courses at the Coop Training Centre and a wide range of personal development opportunities.
Your well-being matters to us: Benefit from our health management, company doctor, rewards for reliability, exclusive employee discounts in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Vorarlberg, as well as subsidized fitness subscriptions—for health and leisure fun!
Experience unforgettable moments at our end-of-year parties or at interdepartmental sports events – celebrate and socialise together.
Secure your future with our exceptionally generous pension scheme, receive anniversary bonuses and attractive rewards for employee referrals. We pay two-thirds of your pension fund contributions and cancel the coordination deduction – your full salary is insured even if you work part-time.
Organise your working hours flexibly with part-time models and/or sabbatical options and experience an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and encouraged.
Your tasks
- Identify, develop and launch successful new products for the ranges within the ‘Meals’ Competence Centre
- Optimise existing products and manufacturing processes
- Conduct and organise tastings with external customers to present products, as well as comparative tastings
- Manage and contribute to development projects
- Evaluate raw materials and manufacturing processes
- Create and maintain development and production documentation
- Act as the expert point of contact for Production
What you bring with you
- A degree in food technology or food science (university or university of applied sciences)
- Initial professional experience in the development and optimisation of production processes and formulations in an industrial or food manufacturing environment would be an advantage
- Project management skills to coordinate development activities
- You think innovatively, contribute your own ideas and use them to develop practical solutions. You enjoy communicating with a variety of contacts, work well as part of a team and present yourself with confidence.
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This is what our application process looks like:
Thank you for your application! We have received your documents and will get back to you as soon as possible.
We would like to get to know you and your motivation better in the first introductory meeting – let us have a relaxed chat and find out together whether we are a good match.
In the second interview, we will get to know each other better and talk about your skills and the next steps at our company – we look forward to continuing our dialogue with you. For some positions, an assessment may still be required - if this is the case, you will be informed in good time.
Congratulations, you have won us over and we you! We are now finalising the process and look forward to welcoming you to our team soon.
