Product Manager - Meyn Food Processing
Product Manager - Meyn Food Processing
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Are you a driven and analytical Product Manager with a passion for innovation? Do you want to visit customers worldwide and play a key role in developing new products? Then this opportunity is for you!
As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing your product portfolio and leading new products and updates through the New Product Introduction (NPI) process. You will work closely with the Chief Engineer and a multidisciplinary team to define technical solutions based on customer needs. You will set the framework for how technical solutions should be delivered, ensuring alignment with customer requirements without directly handling the technical
implementation yourself.
What Will You Do?
- Market Analysis & Innovation: Identify new product opportunities by analyzing market trends, customer needs, and competitor activities, and translate them into a strong business case
- Stakeholder Management: Create buy-in from internal teams, including Innovation
- Manufacturing, and Sales, and present roadmaps and business cases to management
- Product Development: Oversee NPI projects, ensuring proper alignment with budgets timelines, and potential market impact while identifying risks and opportunities.
- Customer Engagement: Visit customers worldwide (10-20% traveling annually) to understand their needs, collaborating with departments such as quality, maintenance, and production to gather insights.
- Product Strategy: Decide when products need updates or phase-outs, substantiating decisions with data and market analysis.
- Training & Support: Provide internal product training and ensure sales, service, and marketing teams have the necessary tools to drive product success.
- Performance Tracking: Analyze NPI project data and present performance insights to management.
Meyn has been fully dedicated to poultry processing for many years. Its expertise, equipment, systems, and services are available worldwide. Today, Meyn is proud to be the trusted business partner of numerous renowned poultry processing companies in more than a hundred countries.
As the global population continues to grow and prosperity levels in emerging markets rise rapidly, the demand for animal protein is expected to increase accordingly. Feeding more people presents great market opportunities for the company, but also significant challenges. How can we feed the world responsibly without compromising our competitive position and business continuity?
Why join Meyn:
- Work in a dynamic, international environment where technology and logistics go hand in hand
- Meyn is ambitious and driven yet remains down-to-earth and people-focused
- Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of the culture, and your ideas truly matter
- You will not only have a challenging role but also ample opportunities to develop yourself grow within the company, and leave your mark on the organization.
What Meyn Offers You:
- A competitive salary (up to €115K including bonus and holiday allowance) based on your experience and expertise.
- Flexible working hours: start your day between 07:00 and 09:30 AM
- Option to work from home one day per week
- Travel expense reimbursement (€0.23 per km)
- A solid pension plan (CAO Metal Engineering)
- A generous leave policy: 33 days off (25 vacation days + 8 ADV days). · A laptop and phone to help you perform at your best. Ready for this challenge? Apply now and become an ambassador for our product portfolio!
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in food technology, mechanical engineering, or business management, preferably with a combination of technical insight and commercial drive
- Experience: At least 4 years in a similar role within for example machinery, or the food industry and familiar with process optimization
- Skills: Strong analytical ability, entrepreneurial mindset, and curiosity, with the ability to connect insights and develop strategic product roadmaps
- Leadership: Ability to motivate and collaborate with diverse stakeholders in an international, cross-functional environment
- Lean & Process Knowledge: Familiarity with NPI methodologies, modern production processes, and quality management systems within B2B (food) industries
- Language: Fluent in English, Dutch is a plus
- International Focus: Willingness to travel 10-20% of the time.
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