Manager, Global Fats Expert
Key Skills
Job Description
We are seeking a highly knowledgeable and innovative fats expert to lead the global fats portfolio and drive breakthrough product innovation within our cacao coatings and fillings business. This role serves as the technical expert on fats and oils, combining deep scientific expertise with strong project leadership to deliver impactful innovations across regions.
The successful candidate will collaborate with diverse teams globally to translate market and customer needs into differentiated ingredient solutions while ensuring the effective management and continuous advancement of the company's fats and oil portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Manage global fats and oil portfolio and support product innovation across the global (60%)
- Responsible for the fats portfolio across the global
- Use the product expertise to support product innovation activities across the global
- An experienced product expert in ingredients used in coating & filling, with a specific focus on fats
- Good knowledge in confectionery fats formulation and application.
- Good business acumen in global markets (such as APAC, WEU, NAM)
- Good understanding of consumer and customer centric design of product innovation in a B2B business environment
Lead & deliver global projects on fats (40%)
- Lead & deliver global innovation projects on fats on time in full
- Engage cross-region and cross-functional teams to provide required support to deliver the global projects
- Plan and manage required resources to deliver the innovation projects
About You:
- Minimal university degree, preferable master or PhD degree, in the discipline of food science or chemistry, or equivalent.
- Minimal 7-10 years of experience in a relevant role
- Fluent in English. A second language is a plus.
- Able to travel, estimated 10% of the time
Core Responsibilities
The manager will lead the global fats and oils portfolio to drive product innovation within the cacao coatings and fillings business. They are responsible for managing global projects, engaging cross-functional teams, and translating market needs into differentiated ingredient solutions.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a master or PhD degree in food science, chemistry, or a related discipline. A minimum of 7-10 years of relevant experience in the industry is required, along with fluency in English.
About Barry Callebaut
Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
With annual sales of about CHF 14.8 billion in fiscal year 2024/25, the Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading solutions provider of high-quality chocolate experiences across the full spectrum of chocolate, cocoa, cacao coatings and non-cocoa alternatives – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to crafting premium chocolates, fillings and decorations. The Group operates more than 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse, committed workforce of over 13,000 people. Barry Callebaut serves as a trusted partner for the entire food industry, from large-scale food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers, hotels, restaurants and caterers with Callebaut® as its main global brand. The Barry Callebaut Group is dedicated to making sustainable chocolate the norm – helping secure the future of cocoa and improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers. It supports the Cocoa Horizons Foundation, which aims to shape a sustainable future for cocoa and chocolate.