New Product Development Technologist

Pull up a chair.

We always have a place at the table for new talent, so won’t you join us? Our name, What’s Cooking?, is followed by a question mark because we are always curious and open to new ideas. So yes, we are also curious to learn more about you.

Are you just as open-minded and enterprising as we are? In that case, we look forward to getting to know you/meeting you.

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What will you do as a New Product Development Technologist?

What’s Cooking Polska is currently looking for a New Product Development Technologist.

If you enjoy learning, cooking and have fluency in both English and Polish, this job is for you!

Your tasks

• developing, adapting and reformulating recipes

• driving the transition from laboratory to factory, ensuring recipe and process robustness at scale

• planning and managing NPD projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure delivery on time and within budget

• translating Research & Innovation (R&I) briefs into concrete recipe and product developments

• identifying and implementing opportunities to optimize recipes or processes

• adapting recipes to local legislation, customer specifications and local market preferences

• conducting technical assessments, product testing and supplier interactions

• proactively scouting culinary trends, emerging ingredients and technology innovations

• actively contributing to building team expertise through open collaboration, mutual support and knowledge exchange

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What are your qualities?

• higher education in food technology or related fields

• min. 2 years of experience in a similar position in food industry

• fluent spoken and written English and Polish

• willingness to learn and travel within Europe (about 30% of time during introduction period)

• driving license (cat. B)

• experience in working with cross-functional, international teams

• strong interpersonal skills

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What do we offer?

• friendly working environment in an innovative, international food group

• opportunity to grow with the company (internal promotions)

• employment contract directly with the employer

• private health insurance

• access to language e-learning app

• social fund benefits (e.g. gift cards, Multisport cards, staff events)

• unlimited access to company products during working hours

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Who's What’s Cooking Group?

We are a colourful family of food lovers who are eager to satisfy the appetite for conscious, daily meals. Being an innovative food group, we help people serve simple and tasty meals, like lasagne, pasta, pizza, world cuisine, plant-based and regional dishes. You may already know us from Come a casa®, but we also provide food services to professionals, including hotels or restaurants.

For the past 75 years, we have looked at ways of making sustainable consumption a natural daily choice by serving simple and tasty food, prepared with attention to people and planet. We do this with our workforce of 1,400+ colleagues, in our Belgian head office, our six industrial plants in Belgium, France, Poland and the UK, and our 5 sales offices.