Manager, Product Application, Cheese

To manage, build and share the know-how in Dairy Application (more specifically in the field of cheese coatings) and to act as the technical expert in this field towards the internal (R&D / Sales / Business) and external world (Customers/Partners) Build up and maintain application and industry knowhow and use this knowledge to generate new profitable business To identify needs and opportunities in the market together with the business and deliver and implement solutions. Develops new products based on existing technologies and improve existing products/ applications together with operations Together with the TSM /AM support customers in NPD, producing new applications and resolve technical problems Support the QA and the technical sales team with customer complaints Develop lab scale processes and recipes to demonstrate the existing DSM solutions as well as to challenge new ideas and ingredients, including the set up and validation of relevant analysis Provide technical content for our value propositions & sales presentations and documentations. Give application presentations and trainings for internal team as well as external at for instance seminars or webinars To participate in product development projects with industry insights and expertise and drive work packages in collaboration with R&D, and the business, delivering new products, applications, and innovative concepts/solutions in line with the business strategy Initiate and drive projects developing new applications and/or new ingredient blends and ingredient combos for the market. Experience/competences within coating development. Experience within cheese making, cultures and enzymes are preferred. Ability to travel 25-50% of your time through the region and within Europe.