Procelys Innovation Project Manager Cdd 8 Mois

**Company Description**
A key global player in fermentation for more than a century, Lesaffre, with a 2,7 billion euro turnover, and established on all continents, counts 11,000 employees and more than 96 nationalities.

On the strength of this experience and diversity, we work with customers, partners and researchers to find ever more relevant answers to the needs of food, health, naturalness and respect for our environment. Thus, every day, we explore and reveal the infinite potential of microorganisms.

To nourish 9 billion people, in a healthy way, in 2050 by making the most of our planet’s resources is a major and unprecedented issue. We believe that fermentation is one of the most promising answers to this challenge.

Procelys aims to support the biotechnology industry by providing yeast-based nutrients and expertise to improve growth and productivity of microorganisms and cell culture. As a Business Unit of Lesaffre, Procelys develops a wide range of specific fermentation nutrients to address biotech challenges in Biopharma, Food & Feed Bioingredients, Food cultures & Probiotics, and Renewable industries. Strengthened by being a part of Lesaffre and drawing upon its expertise worldwide, Procelys fosters a strong proximity with its customers. We help them to create value and boost the performance of their biotech process.

**Lesaffre - Working together to better nourish and protect the planet.**

Your role is to manage innovation projects, pillars or programs and product development, enabling Procelys to create value in EMEA, NAM and LATAM regions.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Lead and manage Procelys projects, pillars or program from idea to concept to product launch aiming at delivering in time and aligned with commitments;
- Nurture the incubator of Procelys with new concepts;
- With support from Marketing, Technical support and Applications Lab, Identify main fermentation market trends. Contribute to build opportunities for new product or service development with customers;
- Coordinate with the Biotech Application Laboratories, Technical Supports, Industry and Quality for small projects;
- Coordinate with LIST Corporate R&D to ensure the spreading of new capabilities across Procelys projects;
- Establish a dialog with chosen key scientific leaders in the Procelys field in order to develop cooperations. Draft and Implement external research projects with academia or other research institutes as needed;
- Attend technical industry and scientific events to assess Biotech and Fermentation industry mega-trends. Give lectures/talks or Present posters in symposiums and technical events to ensure Procelys recognition and contribution to the industry.

**Key criteria of Success**:

- Reliable project management with clear KPI’s driving to results on time and budget;
- Successful R&D projects with customers and external partners;
- Engagement/adhesion of stakeholders in processes and tools through a relevant and regular communication on objectives and benefits;
- Numbers & quality of innovation proposals to nurture Procelys strategy;
- External recognition as a Procelys scientific ambassador.

**Qualifications** Education**: Strong Biotech Scientific Background. MS/PhD in Biotech disciplines.
**Experience**:5 years min of experience in Project Management and/or Scientific & Technical Lab. work in industrial Biotechnology.

**Knowledge**:

- Excellent scientific knowledge in particular fermentation, microbial physiology, statistical analysis/Analytics, Economics of biotech products

**Technical Skills**:

- Fluent in English and French;
- Design of experiments;
- Master in MS Project, Excel and Statistical tools.

**Managerial & Behavioral Skills**:

- Strong organizational skills
- precision-discipline;
- Analytical Ability;
- Agile and collaborative;
- Tenacity, and anticipation;
- Ability to impact and lead in transversal context;
- Customer and results-oriented;
- Able to communicate fluidly and in a convincing way, encourages initiative, promotes team spirit, works alongside transversal teams, shows respect, able to listen and to show empathy;
- Able to make decisions, promotes cooperation and ensures top quality service, shows transparency and Group spirit;
- Able to make decisions, able to undertake proactive and responsive actions;
- Able to encourage innovation, promotes change/new ideas.

**Additional Information** All our jobs are open to people with disabilities**

**What can Lesaffre offer you**:

- We are a successful family-owned company with long-standing history where people truly matter
- We promote a sense of fulfilment with a genuine mission: nourish and protect the planet
- You will experience intellectual challenges within a multi-expertise network.