Innovation Manager
6 days ago
Barcelona
Hartmann Young is partnered with a leading, innovation-driven nutrition business operating at the intersection of functional food, supplements, and specialized nutrition manufacturing, delivering high-quality, science-led products across both private label and branded portfolios. Por favor, lea detenidamente la siguiente descripción del puesto para asegurarse de que encaja con el perfil antes de enviar su solicitud. The business is scaling its innovation capability, with a strong focus on developing differentiated, market-led products backed by technical excellence and efficient industrialisation. This creates an opportunity for an Innovation Manager to take ownership of end-to-end product development, bridging commercial, marketing, R&D, and production to drive successful product launches and pipeline growth. As Innovation Manager, you will operate cross-functionally, leading projects from concept through to industrial scale, ensuring technical feasibility, commercial alignment, and speed to market. You will be responsible for: • Leading end-to-end product innovation from concept, formulation, pilot trials, and scale-up through to launch, • Identifying market opportunities through trend analysis, customer insight, and industry developments, • Collaborating closely with commercial and marketing teams to translate market needs into viable product concepts, • Driving formulation and development of new products across functional nutrition categories, • Coordinating pilot trials and industrialisation with production teams, • Supporting product launches and ensuring successful market introduction, • Providing technical expertise to commercial teams for customer-led development and enquiries, • Participating in innovation committees, contributing data-driven and technically grounded proposals, • Attending international trade shows to identify new ingredients, formats, and technologies, • Ensuring technical, industrial, and commercial feasibility across all innovation projects You will ideally bring: • A degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, or related Life Sciences field, • ~7+ years’ experience across food, functional nutrition, supplements, or adjacent sectors, • Proven experience leading product development and innovation projects from concept to launch, • Strong project management capability across cross-functional teams, • Hands-on experience in formulation and product development, • Experience supporting scale-up and industrialisation of new products, • Ability to translate market trends into commercially viable products, • Experience working in dynamic, fast-growing environments, • Experience or knowledge of UHT/aseptic processing technologies This is a high-impact role offering: • Ownership of innovation projects within a growing, science-led nutrition business, • Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making, • Opportunity to shape product pipelines and drive market-relevant innovation, • Strong cross-functional visibility across commercial, R&D, and operations, • A role combining technical depth with commercial influence in a scaling environment