As Senior Product Group Manager for Zeelandia, you are responsible for translating the corporate strategy into product group plans and annual budgets, delivering targeted activities and results, location Zierikzee (The Netherlands).

Company
Koninklijke Zeelandia Groep (www.zeelandia.com) develops, produces and supplies high-quality bakery ingredients for bread and confectionery. Zeelandia products are sold worldwide to craft bakeries and industrial scale bakers, with affiliates and subsidiaries in 23 countries, from Europe to Asia and South America. The international head office is based in The Netherlands (Zierikzee), together with the Dutch sales business unit and an important production facility. In total about 430 employees work at this Dutch location. Worldwide Zeelandia has about 1,600 employees. In order to steer the international business from a product/market perspective the Product Group Management team, based in Zierikzee, plays a crucial role. We are currently searching for an inspiring Senior Product Group Manager.

Position 

• Responsible for translating the corporate strategy into product group plans and annual budgets, delivering targeted activities and results
• Sharing the financial responsibility (in terms of volume, turnover and margin) with group commercial directors and the managing directors of the various countries
• Managing and optimizing the product/market portfolio in line with the product group strategy and international market and customer demands
• Compiling and presenting the product group innovation calendar through consultation of key countries and key contacts within Commerce and R&D
• Proposing and setting price levels for the individual products items and monitoring the sales and financial performance of the product group
• Coordinating multidisciplinary projects involving R&D, Commerce, Operations, QA, Purchasing and Finance
• Exchanging up-to-date information with relevant stakeholders in the company about market and competitor developments and product group activities
• Reporting to the Team Leader of Product Group Management

Profile

• Academic level and preferably educated in a technological or technical direction with affinity for marketing and business administration
• Senior and relevant work experience in the international food ingredients business on the edge of R&D, Sales and Marketing
• Affinity for the bakery market and its relevant products and applications
• Comfortable working and travelling in an international business environment
• Ambitious for further personal growth and career development
• Strong external and internal communication skills, with fluency in English
• Personal skills: pro-active, customer focus, analytic, results oriented, creative, decisive, convincing and able to motivate

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