At our production sites in Berlin, Winsen (Luhe) and Roosendaal in the Netherlands, we at Reuss produce a wide range of sweet spreads, fillings for confectionery, ice cream glazes and dessert sauces for the national and international market. The number of our recipes and the technology required to manufacture the various products is correspondingly extensive.
For our Berlin site, we are looking for employees who identify with our values and philosophy, particularly in terms of quality, who appreciate working independently and in an uncomplicated manner as part of a team, and who are able to work responsibly within the given scope of action.
Are you also interested in industrial manufacturing processes and the production of confectionery? Then apply as
Product development employee (f/m/d)
Confectionery industry
Your tasks include
- Development of new recipes for sweet, fat-based spreads
- Optimization of existing products in terms of taste, texture and economy
- Creating and maintaining recipes, raw material lists and specifications
- Carrying out tastings, sensory evaluations and shelf life tests
- Testing new raw materials for usability
- Production of samples on a laboratory scale and in the pilot plant
- Operating the pilot plants (production and filling technology)
- Organization and execution of test series, including documentation of results
- Setting up, converting and cleaning the pilot plants
- Detecting and rectifying minor technical faults (e.g. blockages, parameter adjustments)
- Organizing and maintaining the processes in the pilot plant
- Working closely with production, technology, quality assurance, purchasing and sales
- Preparation, monitoring and evaluation of production trials and scale-up processes
- Creation of quality and process specifications
- Support with customer projects and presentations
Your profile:
- Completed training or studies in the field of confectionery technology, food technology, oecotrophology or comparable
- Several years of professional experience in a similar position - ideally in the chocolate & jam sector
- Confident handling of raw materials such as nuts, fruits, cocoa and milk powders, fats and oils
- Technical understanding and willingness to rectify minor faults yourself
- Enjoy practical work in the technical center
- Very good written and spoken German and English skills
- Creativity, sensory sensitivity and a structured way of working
- Knowledge of food safety/HACCP
- Strong communication skills, very good manners
Your benefits:
- Intensive familiarization with your tasks
- A challenging and varied job with development prospects in a Krüger Group company
- Attractive remuneration according to collective agreement
- Vacation pay and 13th salary
- Company pension scheme
- 30 days' vacation and days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
- Employer benefits for special occasions (e.g. wedding, birth, anniversary)
- Employer-sponsored canteen
- Regular team events
You can submit your complete application documents conveniently via "Apply now".
Wilhelm Reuss GmbH & Co. KG
Contact: Nancy Schröter
Lebensmittelwerk
Sonnenallee 227, 12057 Berlin
Phone: 030 68909-208
We look forward to receiving your application!