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About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
Location: Wageningen, Netherlands
Hybrid
About the position
Are you passionate about bringing nutrition science into practice? Would you like to join us and take a front seat in developing and executing our vision to create culinary products that are good for both health and the development of future foods?
You will be part of the Global Nutrition team. You will help develop and promote products that deliver on our commitment to providing culinary fats for better foods in a responsible and compelling manner. A good understanding of nutrition science, an affinity for data, and proactive cooperation with our product developers, marketing, and communication teams are key to success. You will engage in meaningful external interactions with key opinion formers to build a trusted voice in food and nutrition.
Product Development:
You will work on defining science-based nutritional standards for products and propositions in our portfolio. You will oversee the application of relevant nutrition standards to substantiate claims and communications in the AMEA and LATAM regions, advising product developers and brand managers. You will lead the nutritional strategic guidance in these regions for the development of foods and communications across all consumer touchpoints that support better health outcomes. In addition to leading nutrition support for the AMEA and LATAM regions, you will contribute to innovating with purpose to help develop new concepts that address nutrition and health scientific insights, dietary needs, and choices across different consumer segments.
Science at the core:
You will contribute to the internal centre of excellence of the Nutrition team, ensuring that consistent, clear, and compelling nutrition information is available for the wider business. In this role, you will work together with various stakeholders both within the R&D department and across Marketing & Communication teams, as well as Science and Technology experts. You will make an impact by bringing nutrition science into practice.
So what does it take to be successful in this role?
You bring a passion for nutrition science and share the commitment to make better foods available for many. You are a true foodie, you love a healthy, nutritious lifestyle, and you recognize the need to create healthy and nutritious foods by offering consumer culinary solutions and choices with essential nutrition to support healthy, balanced diets. You hold a Master’s degree in nutrition and have 3–5 years of relevant experience in a similar role. Experience in a global FMCG is a plus. You are fluent in English, based in the Netherlands, and any additional language is nice to have.
You align with Flora Food Group through your proactive and can-do mentality. You are a self-starter and bring a disciplined, independent work mentality. In addition, you are able to work with senior stakeholders cross-functionally, and you are flexible, energetic, and willing to adapt within a fast-changing environment.
What’s Next?
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! The deadline to apply is February 25th.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
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