Nutrition Innovation Lead

☞ Cargill

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Update day: 16-11-2025

Location: Vilvoorde Flemish Brabant

Category: Production / Operation Marketing / PR

Industry: Food Beverage Services Chemical Manufacturing Beverage Manufacturing

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill’s global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Nutrition Innovation Lead is responsible for translating the business objectives related to Nutrition into an innovation roadmap and a project portfolio to execute on the roadmap in Cargill Starches, Sweeteners & Texturizers. In this role, you will ensure that technology and market growth opportunities are understood, captured and prioritized. Accordingly, you will oversee the project portfolio, lead key innovation projects, and provide technical leadership to new solutions development for growth in the Nutrition space.

Key Accountabilities
  • Identify growth opportunities that enable the business strategy in the Nutrition space. Define priorities relating to projects, resources and required capabilities to allow this growth.
  • Develop and maintain the Nutrition innovation project portfolio and technology roadmap. Provide business leadership and advisory on how to execute our innovation portfolio choices.
  • Collaborate with colleagues across the globe and across the company, leveraging cross-functional teams, to ensure effective and efficient use of the human and financial resources to deliver high quality research and development work and broader company targets.
  • Provide expert thought leadership in Nutrition within the Company and externally, partnering with key opinion leaders, academics and new technology providers.
  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in nutrition or biomedical sciences, with minimum 6 years of related experience in the Food industry.
  • Versed in nutritional and health scientific research, with experience in nutritional or clinical substantiation.
  • Deep knowledge of ingredient categories relevant to Nutrition/ Specialized Nutrition.
  • Proven experience in collaborating with academics and other knowledge institutions, and new technology providers.
  • Prior experience in R&D/Innovation and project & portfolio management.
  • Proven ability to develop and bring creative innovations to market, mastering value proposition.
  • Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, using additional research and interpretation to handle challenges.
  • Experience working successfully in a multi-national/cultural and matrixed organization environment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • PhD in nutrition, bio-medical or related sciences.
  • Minimum 10 years of work experience in relevant roles in the Food / Nutrition industry.
  • Experience with specialty carbohydrates, fibers and proteins is a plus, as well as experience in digestive health, immune health, cognitive health or muscle health.
Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:

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Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/

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Deadline: 31-12-2025

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