International Product Manager

Job description

The International Product Manager leads the portfolio and innovation strategy in emerging markets (LATAM/MEA). You create winning portfolios for your region and actively contribute to the renovation and innovation funnel. In close collaboration with sales and trade marketing you ensure that all products continue to set the highest standards across all markets. Developing and implementing a solid strategy for growth helps you to increase the customer base. You have a passion for food and in-depth insights in the world of foodservice and chefs. The Product Manager becomes a ‘master of potatoes’ and sets compelling USP’s for the product portfolio. Current focus is to expand the branded business by proactively creating new concepts that meet with highest standards across all markets. This way your customer base will grow across different market segments. Farm Frites is looking for a passionate and result driven International Product Manager with a can-do mentality. You have extensive product management experience in food(service) and know how to innovate and lead your portfolio to success.

The organisation offers

• A marketing position with a broad scope of projects at an ambitious global player in the processed potato market
• Growing focus on marketing and branded concepts
• A role at a multinational, dynamic and professional family-owned business
• Travel to emerging markets (about 10%)
• Various opportunities for personal development and becoming a ‘master of potatoes’
• Fulltime position, working mostly from the office in Oudenhoorn (post-covid)

Candidate profile

• 4+ years of product and/or project management experience, preferably in (international) foodservice
• Talent for project management, planning and organisation, flexible
• Strong communication skills, assertive, creative, self-starting, team player
• Entrepreneurial, result driven, analytical and can-do mentality
• Excellent command of English, Dutch is nice to have
• Ability to travel (about 10%) and a passion for food

Competences

• Planning and organising, project management, progress monitoring
• Stakeholder management
• Entrepreneurship and commercial thinking
• Market- and customer orientation
• Innovativeness

About the organisation

Farm Frites is a family-owned company that is passionate about potatoes: from ‘Farm to Fork’. To produce the best and ultra-fresh potato products they work as fast and sustainable as possible. The company is leading in the market of fries and potato specialties and takes the number 3 position in the world. The company’s atmosphere is no-nonsense, dynamic and full of entrepreneurship.

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