Sr. APPLICATION SPECIALISTS - Meat and Dairy Alternatives in München bei Groupe Avril

Groupe Avril

Nous recherchons une personne pour le poste de : Sr. APPLICATION SPECIALISTS - Meat and Dairy Alternatives

localisé à ALLEMAGNE
MUNCHEN
Germany

CDI

Sunbloom Proteins GmbH, founded in 2017 as a spin-off from Germany's largest R&D institute 'Fraunhofer', is a manufacturer of sustainable, plant based proteins from Sunflowers for food industry. We built our own industrial scale production site in Hungary to manufacture high quality functional Sunflower proteins based on our proprietary, patented technology to serve our international customers.

In 2023 Sunbloom became a subsidy of Avril group, a French 8bn € multinational group active in the Agro-industrial sector, to scale our business on an international level to pursue our strategy to become a leading global protein manufacturer.

Sunbloom Group currently has ~45 employees and is growing fast. In our modern Munich headquarter our divers, international and highly engaged team looks after general administration and finance, sales, quality, and application development.

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Description du poste:

To support the growth of Sunbloom, we are hiring for 2 positions of Senior Application Specialists. One is for Meat alternatives expertise, and the other one is for Dairy alternatives expertise.

As Senior Application Specialist at Sunbloom Proteins GmbH your primary responsibility will be supporting our customers to develop meat alternatives by providing deep technical knowledge, preparing and showcasing applications, and advising our customers remotely and/or onsite on experimenting.

To carry out your mission, you will work closely on :

Innovation and new product development, by

Understanding customer needs and identify areas where Sunbloom can add value
Formulating showcase recipes and concepts, highlighting Sunbloom’s strengths to present to our customers

Technical expertise and customer support, by

Preparing and conducting technical training for customers and distributors
Supporting customers in adapting our formulations depending on their specific needs until successful commercialisation

Support R&D, Quality and Regulatory projets, by

Identifying R&D opportunities to grow our ingredients portfolio
Participating in innovation projects with e.g. research institutions

Marketing activities, by

Representing Sunbloom at trade fairs, seminars, and other events to enhance brand awareness and attract potential customers
Creating concepts for trade fairs
Supporting marketing with application content for e.g. social media or website postings

Market analysis, by

Gathering market intelligence to ensure the development of relevant concepts
Staying updated on product knowledge, competitor intelligence, and industry trends
Supporting sales team on identifying new business opportunities

Profil du(de la) candidat(e) recherché(e):

A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Food Technology/Engineering or similar is required, with a minimum of 4 years of experience in R&D, product development or applications in plant-based proteins and dairy or meat analogues.

Your excellent communication and your ability to work effectively in a multicultural team environment will give you the right knowledge to be able to transfer skills easily. You are especially enthusiastic about plant-based food and you are passionate about sustainable products. Full business proficiency in English with conversational German are necessary, and other languages would be an advantage.

Moderate travel activity for onsite customer support or congresses, trade fairs ca. 2x per month)

Le Groupe Avril étudie, à compétences égales, toutes candidatures dont celles de personnes en situation de handicap.