Leaf & Blends Project Coordinator (m/f/d)

Leaf & Blends Coordinator (m/f/d)

Job ID: 100502 / Location: Trier / Start: TBC / Contract type: temporary

To strengthen our Leaf & Blends team we are looking for a Leaf & Blends Coordinator (m/f/d) in temporary employment. 
 

Your job mission: 
The purpose of this role is to facilitate Blend Specification Database (BSD) project activities, ensuring effective collaboration with various stakeholders. The role involves managing data, documentation, and SAP-related activities, as well as leveraging advanced Excel skills to ensure timely and compliant project execution.

Who are we? 

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees. 

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life. Visit us at www.jti.com to find out more about JTI and what it's like to work for us.

Your tasks:

· Support planning and tracking of L&B (Leaf & Blends) project activities in line with BSD (Blend Specification Database) timeline  
·  Coordinate communication regarding project activities and alignment across Leaf & Blends (JT/JTI) and other R&D teams, documenting key actions.
·  Collect, process, and evaluate data from SAP, Excel, and other sources to support project decisions
·  Participate in impact evaluation of L&B (Leaf & Blends) tools and processes, and contribute to defining and implementing issue resolution actions
·  Manage project documentation and ensure timely, accurate submissions using required formats
·  Oversee SAP testing and Go-Live activities in production environment, including test execution and follow-up
·  Guide and support team members, fostering collaboration and professional growth
·  Handle additional tasks and projects as assigned by management

Your profile:  

·  Relevant educational background: University degree preferably in Economics or Information Technology or comparable commercial education with relevant business experience
·  Practical experience:  Experience in data management, preferably within the tobacco industry. Initial experience in IT, R&D and/or Product Development in is an asset
·  Valuable knowledge: Excellent IT system skills (especially SAP, Excel, Word processing tools). Project management skills. Fluent in spoken and written English, knowledge of German is an asset
·  Special strengths: Understanding of tobacco markets, casing and flavoring, as well as cigarette design and components, is an asset
·  Suitable personality: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong team-oriented mindset

Your benefits

·  Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approx. 60 nations at the Trier site.
·  Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits.
·  Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being.
·  Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance.
·  Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation. You also have the option of doing mobile work in Germany for 50% of your working hours per month.
·  Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you.

Have we aroused your interest?

Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter & references) stating your earliest possible starting date (Job ID 100718).

Diversity & Inclusion

We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For this and many other activities in the area of diversity & inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

Sustainability & Commitment

We have particularly close ties to the Trier region and the greater Cologne area through our two locations and want to make a significant contribution to a high quality of life, e.g., through annual clean-up campaigns on the Rhine and Moselle and as a long-standing partner of the Cologne Green Foundation, we are committed to the preservation and expansion of the city's green spaces. Renewable energies are also part of our sustainability goals, which is why we are investing in the expansion of the Bescheid Süd wind farm, located 20 kilometers east of our Trier site, in order to secure green electricity for the region and for our production at the Trier plant. We are constantly reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of our classic tobacco products, thus saving tons of plastic waste.

Find out more about us at: https://www.jti.com/de/europe/germany/top-arbeitgeber