Title:  New Process Technology Manager in R&D (m/f/d)

Job ID: 99225 / Location: Trier / Start: as soon as possible / Contract type: permanent

To strengthen our team in the area of New Process Technology (NPT) Department at the Trier plant, we are looking for a New Process Technology Manager in R&D (m/f/d) in permanent employment.

Your Job Mission:

As New Process Technology Manager at our NPT team , you are at the forefront of fundamental research to develop innovative processes that drive new product propositions while ensuring compliance with current and future regulations for Reduced Risk Products (RRP) and Conventional Products (CP). Your role focuses on pioneering new tobacco treatment processes for future products and facilitating the seamless knowledge transfer needed to scale up these processes from lab scale to pilot scale at the Product Technology Center (PTC). Through close collaboration with global teams, strategic planning, and execution of trials, you will ensure smooth process transitions, empower our technical teams, and contribute to excellence in product quality and process efficiency.

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:

• Initiation of research and development projects to devise new tobacco and non-tobacco treatment processes for future products
• Technology scouting and collaboration with internal and external development teams worldwide to drive these research projects
• Planning, preparation, and execution of trials at the Product Technology Center. Close cooperation with external suppliers for technology evaluation, as well as analysis and interpretation of trial results
• Definition of process specifications for newly developed processes to ensure top product quality
• Support of technical teams in scaling up processes from lab to full production scale. Developing and implementing new quality control procedures

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree (Bachelor or higher) in Chemical Engineering, Technical Chemistry, Physics, Material Science or equivalent education
• Practical experience: At least 5 years of business practice in FMCG industry or Tobacco Industry in an international environment
• Valuable knowledge: Knowledge of tobacco primary processing as well as experience in fundamental research and development projects is preferable.
• Special strengths: Fluent in English, both written and spoken; any additional foreign language is a plus, sound knowledge in the most common software applications.
• Suitable personality: Ingenuity and unconventional thinking, Superior management and communication skills, as well as team-oriented mindset.
• Practiced working time model: Flextime

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 with a 13th and 14th monthly salary and an additional bonus payment. 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.
• Your mobility offer: With our BusinessBike program, we offer you the opportunity to lease the bike of your choice at attractive conditions as part of a permanent position. This is an uncomplicated and flexible way to promote your health.
• 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 99225).

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