Product Development & Operations - Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

Please, apply till 25th of June 2025 

Role: Permanent

Product Development & Operations – Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

Your job mission:

In our R&D RRP (Reduced-Risk Products) Product Development department is an open position as Product Development Manager (m/f/d) based in Trier to fill.

The incumbent contributes to developing new, modifying, and maintaining Heated Tobacco Products – in particular Heated Tobacco Sticks. The incumbent is responsible for assigned product development/ maintenance and project management.

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:

As the Product Development & Operations - Consumables Manager in the area of product development you will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Leading assigned projects to develop and execute test designs while using tobaccos, materials and processes most economically
• Initiating the preparation of consumer tests and evaluating the results on product strengths and weaknesses
• Preparation of product specifications, follow-up on product changes to the industrial manufacturing stage and keeping product ownership on assigned projects
• Initiating and supervising the testing for the technical directions on assigned development projects
• Ensuring the communication on product development and product maintenance to Global Supply Chain and other stakeholders for the assigned projects
• Managing the implementation of product/specification changes in close cooperation with technical departments and arranging the input into SAP

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree (Bachelor or PHD), preferably in Chemistry, Food Technology or Agronomy or equivalent education
• Practical experience: Several years of business practise in product development preferably in the tobacco or FMCG industry
• Valuable knowledge: Understanding of tobaccos and markets, casing & flavor, cigarette components and designs is a plus
• Special strengths: Interest in sensory evaluation of tobacco products. Solid knowledge of the most common PC software applicatio
• Suitable personality: Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills. Good communication and presentation skills, as well as team oriented. Open minded, ready to learn new things and flexible attitude
• Language skills: Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional foreign language knowledge is advantageous
• 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 98869).

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