Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager Wet

The Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager - Wet is responsible to deploy R&D specifications needed for manufacturing of WET products on existing manufacturing standards and for new technology to achieve process specifications conformance and finished product specifications conformance.

What are we looking for

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors or in Engineering Food Science or a related technical field or equivalent

• Demonstrated industry experience as R&D engineer or Quality & Food Safety Engineer

• 2 years of experience in a people leadership role with demonstrated ability to develop and engage a technical team.

• 2-3 years relevant experiences in food technology development process & product scale-up and/or implementation

• Working in a company with multicultural and international features

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Engineering Food Science or a related technical field

• Green belt or Black belt for Lean 6-Sigma is a plus

• 5 years relevant experiences in food technology development process & product scale-up and/or implementation

• Proven track record of leading complex industrialization or commercialization projects from pilot to full-scale production

• Project Management experience

What will be your key responsibilities

Leads Self & Others

• Lead develop and engage a WET PPI team building deep technical capability accountability and a strong performance culture.

• Rolemodel Mars leadership behaviors ensuring clarity of expectations regular feedback and growth of future leaders.

• Deliver technical trainingto site teams on process principles product quality and performance standards.

Delivers Results

• Translate R&D and Quest (our long-term innovation pipeline) strategies into clear regional Wet industrialization priorities.

• Own delivery outcomes across the manufacturing network ensuring disciplined execution and measurable business impact.

Ensures Quality & Safety

• Own the deployment and sustained conformance of Wet product process and raw material specifications.

• Safeguard food safety quality and performance in line with Royal Canin standards and the Mars Quality principle.

• Follow and enforce pre-requisite actionsfor process validation as a requirement for Hand Over 0 (HO0) signature.

Decision Quality & Managing Complexity

• Lead regional industrial risk assessment and decision-making for new materials processes products and technologies.

• Lead complex problem solving (troubleshooting level 2) related to raw material product and process.

• Drive robust databased decisions to enable compliant resilient and scalable implementations.

• Own the Hand Over 1 (HO1) signaturefor small/minor projects and support the Global Technology Specialist on major projects.

Leads Change & Industrialization

• Act as the regional R&D leader for Wet industrialization driving innovation scaleup portfolio transfers and critical regional initiatives.

• Implement robust processes for commissioning capturing learnings and establishing repeatable best-practice ways of working.

Collaborates & Balances Stakeholders

• Build strong trustbased partnerships with Quality Food Safety Regulatory Engineering Manufacturing Planning and Commercial teams.

• Enable seamless execution through alignment clarity of roles and shared accountability.

• R&D representative for the Commissioning Validation and Start-Up (CVS) process.

• Support CVS and PPI teamswith on-site protocol execution.

Thinks Long Term

• Shape the future of Wet technology by contributing expertise and key learnings to global R&D and PPI communities.

• Proactively strengthen future deployments by investing in team capability and establishing a knowledge transfer framework.

What can you expect from Mars

• Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by The Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.

Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.