Job Advertisement: R&D Manager Sub-Saharan Africa
We blend care and creativity to nourish the world.
Griffith Foods is global product development partner, we specialize in high-quality food ingredients. We serve global food companies and regional food companies worldwide.
As a family business, we’ve valued people above all else for 100 years. Griffith is renowned for true, collaborative innovation. Our people care. We’re committed to helping our customers create better products – and a better, more sustainable world. Learn more about Griffith Foods on www.griffithfoods.com
The purpose of the role: Embed Griffith’s Purpose into Africa’s technical strategy & people.
Enabling the growth of our current and future customers, this role is accountable for building and leading the R&D function in a highly volatile and complex environment. In strong partnership with commercial and supply functions, this role will enable the growth and profitability of Griffith Foods Africa through the development and delivery of our growth pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the Growth pipeline with current and future customers, understanding their needs and challenges so that we can create solutions that drive mutual value.
- ‘Hands on’ development of products at benchtop and with customers.
- Build a fully engaged team with standalone, fit for Purpose Food science and R&D capabilities incl but not exclusive to Raw materials, culinary centre and pilot scale assets.
- Unlock value through our existing regional and global portfolio of products (lifting an launching our portfolios)
- Support the end to end creation of value streams in Africa.
- Build and leverage a strong network of partners across Africa, and the globe, utilising Griffith Foods internal networks, existing external partners and creating new ones in an ecosystem approach.
- Understand the regulatory constraints and engage with local authorities to manage compliance.
- Support the set-up of manufacturing and co-manufacturing in the selected countries.
Requirements
- Minimum Degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry or similar.
- Proven management and leadership experience at senior level.
- Language: English. French is a plus.
- Experience in technical development of savory products, including protein and snacks .
- Experience of working internationally, ideally with experience in Africa
- Current awareness of local and global flavor trends, culinary trends, and new technology in food applications.
- People Leadership and team development.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- A creative problem solver across the value chain (from raw materials to customer scale up)
- End to end product leadership, from culinary through to scale up (manufacture).
- High level learning agility
- Drive for results
- Dealing with ambiguity.
- Business acumen
- Ideally with B to B or food service experience.
- Priority setting
- Project management
- Benchtop development, with an eagerness and proven ability to be hands on.
Working at Griffith Foods
We are a caring family company where everyone has the opportunity to grow, follow their own personal Purpose and find fulfilment in their work. We support each other, demonstrate mutual respect and nourish people’s well-being.
We believe in doing the right thing, especially when it is hard to do and recognize that our success depends on our customers’ success consequently, we work together, leveraging our skills, knowledge and ideas to create exceptional products and solutions.
We value diversity at our company and celebrate our cultural and personal differences, knowing that together, we create a unique source of strength. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their both combined cover letter and well-detailed CV no later than July 28th 2023 via the apply button below.
Only candidates that meet the job requirements will be contacted!
