Co-Manufacturing Business Development Manager H/F - Europe Snacks

Europe Snacks is the partner you can trust to develop and distribute private label savoury snacks. Based in UK, France and Spain, we offer a wide range of crisps and snacks matching customers' brand specifications, meeting consumers' expectations & anticipating market trends. Our 2500+ employees elaborate and manufacture private label snacks in our 9 factories.

Entrepreneurship, Excellence and Care are the values that guide us and allow us to achieve our goals.

These values are embodied internally within our operators, right up to our management teams, and externally through our relationships with our partners.

Working at Europe Snacks means working within multidisciplinary teams with the opportunity to really make a difference to our business. You will receive support from your manager and the development needed to enable you to fulfill your career ambitions.The Co-Manufacturing Business Development Manager is responsible for developing and managing co-manufacturing partnerships (production outsourcing) to support the company's growth. He/she identifies new industrial partners, negotiate collaboration agreements and manages delegated manufacturing projects.

Main Responsibilities

- Business Development:

- Identify new co-manufacturing opportunities aligned with the growth strategy.

- Prospect, qualify potential partners in the agri-food sector (industries, cooperatives, etc.),

- Market analysis (market trends, needs, competitors),

- Conduct contract negotiations with industrial partners,

- Analyze and size new opportunities, start prefeasibility and feasibility stages for new projects, manage pipeline,

- Support on contract negotiation when needed.

- Supplier Relations & Strategic Intelligence

- Build and maintain a relationship of trust with co-manufacturing partners,

- Monitor industrial trends, technological innovations, and regulatory developments,

- Constantly seek levers for industrial optimization and competitiveness.

- Project Management:

- Provide regular sales / marketing reporting to CoMan Dr

- Education: business School or Engineer / specializing in agri-food or supply chain,

- Experience:

- Significant (5 to 10 years) in business development, industrial project management or purchasing in the agri-food sector (food ingredients, industry, equipment).

- Very good knowledge of the food industry manufacturing processes and the value chain.

- Hard & Soft skills:

- Excellent negotiation, communication, project management skills, financial acumen,

- Autonomy, rigor, analytical skills, results-oriented, rigorous and organized,

- Leadership, ownership & proactive

- Customer oriented, ability to create and develop relationships with customers, service oriented

Fluent: English & French (must have), German (nice to have) - Spanish (would be a plus)

Others:

- Localization: Paris, no need to be based in France, could consider other options

- Remote work is possible

- Need to be able to travel

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