Ospelt food AG
Sargans
Head of Product Development (m/f/d) 100%
- 14 October 2026
- 100%
- Sargans
Job summary
Join Ospelt Food AG as a Product Developer, driving innovation.
Tasks
- Independently develop and optimize complex food products.
- Understand customer requirements and lead development projects.
- Collaborate closely with production, quality, and sales teams.
Skills
- Degree in food technology or related field; leadership experience preferred.
- Strong background in recipe development and industrial processes.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with passion for food trends and innovation.
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About the job
Your Tasks:
- Independent development and optimisation of sophisticated food products: recipe creation, sample production, ensuring technical feasibility up to series maturity
- Understanding customer requirements, proactively offering innovations, managing development projects and presenting products convincingly
- Close collaboration with production, quality assurance, purchasing and sales, and fostering constructive cooperation
- Recipe optimisation regarding quality, costs, raw material availability and industrial manufacturability
- Further development and standardisation of development processes, recipe documentation and work instructions
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of a product development team with diverse product and technology competencies
- Prioritising development resources and making decisions with regard to customer benefit, economic efficiency and market success
- Conducting sensory panels
Your Profile:
- Completed studies in food technology, food sciences or a comparable field (FH, ETH, university). Alternatively, advanced training (HF) with corresponding professional and leadership experience
- Several years of solid experience in industrial food development, ideally with different product groups and manufacturing processes
- Proven success in the development and market launch of products for the food retail trade or international industrial customers
- Very good knowledge in recipe development, raw material functionality and industrial production processes
- Experience in technical and commercial cooperation with demanding major customers
- Entrepreneurial thinking, enthusiasm for innovation and passion for food, market trends and new technologies.
- Structured, solution-oriented and result-oriented working style with high personal responsibility and implementation strength.
- Confident English in spoken and written form
Contact Person
Ospelt Food AG
Kevin Kluser
Tiefrietstrasse 7
7320 Sargans
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