Junior Product Manager
- Mobile, Wijgmaal (Lovaina)
- Contrato indefinido
- Vollzeit

We are a global market leader in functional food ingredients for both humans and animals, with production sites in Germany, Belgium, Chile and Italy. With our worldwide distribution network, we market our ingredients in over 75 countries. BENEO is a member of the Südzucker Group.
Your Tasks
1. Consolidate approved/final expert inputs into consistent information packages (sales tools), without changing the integrity of those inputs, to ensure sales has all the information needed to do the sales.
2. Follows market trends, regulations and new entrants, identifies and evaluates opportunities, draws conclusions and gives advice (in terms of prices, products, …) to sales / management.
3. Participate in preparation, execution and follow-up of BENEO sales campaigns, together with sales, to ensure the most impactful campaign.
4. Analyze, review, challenge sales team on project pipeline, to ensure right decisions are taken in terms of project/product pipeline.
5. Develop business plan for new products, to convey the internal stakeholders of the relevance and profitability of that product/category.
6. Ensures all technical documentation (Technical Data Sheets, specifications, certificates, declarations, questionnaires, leaflets, ...) of a specific product range is available and up-to-date and initiates and validates all changes.
7. Gives technical information or presentations to customers, answers technical questions, presents the product range or discusses new possibilities from a technical point of view in close collaboration with sales colleagues.
8. Informs, trains and coaches colleagues and customers regarding product specifications.
9. Support CMD with 5YPL assumptions, EMM reporting, monthly reporting, pricing and product positioning… to ensure all information and knowledge is transferred and CMD is optimally supported.
10. Coordinate the approval of customer product labels and ensure communication.
Your Profile
Thinking Level and/or Experience required for the role:
- Bachelor/Master Degree or 5 years’ experience in a similar position; Master degree in bio engineering; Food Technology
Technical Skills (including language(s)) required for the role:
- Proven analytical skills & ability to develop comprehensive product strategies
- Excellent communication & team collaboration skills
- Exceptional customer service skills
- Ability to prepare and present marketing & technical type customer presentations
Competencies:
- Flexible and able to adapt to a fast-paced environment
- Team spirit
- Problem-solving & pro-active
- Result driven, combined with an eye for detail
- Able to work independently and in a structured way
- Customer oriented
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Responsible
- Strategic / Big picture
- Role modelling the BENEO Values
Ofrecemos
- Interesting tasks and responsibilities in a growing business environment
- Attractive pay scheme and benefits
- Open communication and flat hierarchies
- Value-driven company culture
Interested?
If you are interested we appreciate your online application.
For more information related to this function, please contact:
Benoit Tavernier
Mail: benoit.tavernier@beneo.com