Jobbeschreibung
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.
Technical Services Manager (m/f/d)
Job ID: 98123 / Location: Trier / Start: As soon as possible /
Contract type: permanent
To strengthen our Technical Services team within the Tobacco Technology Development Center in Trier, we are looking for a Technical Services Manager (m/f/d) in permanent employment.
Your job mission:
You enjoy cross-functional and cross-locational collaboration in an international team. You are flexible, team-oriented, communicative, willing to travel and have experience in project management.
As a Technical Services Manager (m/f/d), you will be responsible to establish and specify primary processing parameters for product prototyping and later commercial manufacturing, including scale up and rollout of new process technologies for conventional and reduced-risk products, hence contribute to the implementation of newly developed products.
- Setup and provision of primary processing parameter and specifications for conventional and reduced-risk products, and process control to R&D and GSC to ensure product quality and consistency for prototype and commercial manufacturing in respective factories
- Qualify new and upgraded primary processing lines and individual equipment in JTI factories for commercial production – based on established process requirements, parameters and specifications
- Scale up and roll out new primary processing technologies to enhance current product quality and the implementation of newly developed products
- Cooperate with GSC by designing new lines with providing respective processing requirements, specifications and support for process control in JTI factories
- Provide support in technical solving (i.e., pre- or start-up production for new or modified blends) to ensure product quality in JTI factories and licensees
- Optimize the manufacturing process through the analysis of process data to improve the quality and further development of the primary process
- Relevant educational background: University degree (bachelor or higher), preferably in Engineering or equivalent education
- Practical experience: At least 5 years of business practice in the tobacco industry (or FMCG industry) in an international environment
- Valuable knowledge: Preferably sound knowledge of the primary processing as well as experience in production processes, i.e. filter and cigarette manufacturing / Good knowledge of SQL, VBA programming in excel and most common PC software applications
- Special strengths: Excellent analytical skills and technical understanding / Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional foreign language is a plus
- Suitable personality: Well developed management and communication skills, as well as team-oriented / Willingness to travel and flexible
- Practiced working time model: Flextime
- Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approximately 60 nations at the Trier site
- Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. 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