Mission (6 months) as R&I Liquid Process Technologist – Liquid Processing team

About the job
Are you ready for a challenging mission which gives the opportunity of connecting with a company-wide network, with high visibility? Then join us for a mission as  Liquid Process Technologist  in Research & Innovation in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Starting October 1st

Context, challenges of the Department
The main missions of the R&I Advanced Technologies department are to:

Create innovative and differentiating technological solutions to meet the needs of consumers and patients in an approach that integrates the OPOH strategic framework. The priorities of this Directorate include:

Plant-based solutions

Optimization of milk and dairy ingredients

Packaging processing

Development of innovative ingredients

Development and mastery of technologies and processes allowing rapid innovation and time to market, excellence in execution and optimization of investments

Simplification of developments through the creation and combination of high value-added technology elements

Support the Teams of the Zones/CBUs in charge of short-term projects (H1) to find solutions to their problems when high-level expertise is required

Develop and acquire leading capabilities, standards and systems based on digital tools in good coordination with D2D

More specifically, the Advanced Technologies - Processes department is in charge of developing new manufacturing processes and technologies to support Danone's growth (liquid product production processes, concentration and centrifugation, extraction and filtration, fermentation / bioprocesses, etc.) as well as to develop a scientific approach to processes.

The position is part of the Advanced Technology Liquid Processing Team, the team of expertise for processes for milk, dairy ingredients and plant based, to support the WWBUs for product design and industrial efficiency.

In these fields, for Dairy, Plant-based and Specialized Nutrition, the Liquid Processing team:

Delivers innovative and sustainable building blocks, ready to plug solutions for:

product superiority

processing efficiency

microbiologically safe products - optimal heat treatment

Ensures technical assistance to the WWBUs.

All via optimizing current processes or via introduction of new processes using a deep understanding of the effect each process parameter on the final product characteristics. The findings are captured in Global technological specification.

Your Mission:

Research, test and optimize new as well as existing technologies for the treatment of liquid or semi-liquid products, with final aim to construct guidelines or global technological specifications for the process requirements

Work in collaboration with the other experts of the Advanced Techno team as needed to obtain a solution involving the other unit operations and formulation.

Manage synergies with other R&I and D2D functions (Engineering, Quality, Operations, C&P) to align with priorities and ensure effective ways to work as one team.

Develop and capitalize the technological expertise of the Liquid Processing team.

The goal is either to obtain a superiority/competitiveness of our products, or a gain in productivity, or the contribution to the launch of a disruptive product innovation.

Main Responsibilities:

Investigates innovative and unknown technologies at Danone, for all unit operations that concern liquid or semi-liquid products present in our manufacturing processes or necessary for a disruptive innovation.

Builds collaborative projects with scientific institutes and equipment and technology suppliers to explore Danone's interest in targeted new technologies.

Validates by internal or external tests, the interest for Danone of the technologies studied.

In the case of an investment decision in these new technologies, establishes recommendations/guidelines to facilitate their implementation in the regions.

Protects applications at Danone from new technologies tested, where relevant, with the support of IP and legal teams.

Provides technical assistance during their implementation (audits, training, on-site support, etc.)

Responsible for the drafting of WBSO files in his field of activity.

Manages work packages of a project related to the Liquid team

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