Product Manager Food 100% (m/f/d)

What is my role?

You take on the strategic and operational responsibility for an exciting product portfolio in the foodservice sector and actively shape the future of the range as a central interface between market, sales and development.

Your tasks:

• You analyse market trends, competitors and customer needs and derive recommendations for action

• You manage and optimise the product portfolio, from performance analysis to strategic further development

• You develop data-based concepts for product positioning, pricing and range adjustments

• As a project manager, you drive innovations from the idea to market launch

• You coordinate cross-departmental teams and are responsible for budget planning and KPI monitoring

• You support sales as a contact person for product-specific questions with well-founded analyses

• Together with suppliers and internal stakeholders, you implement optimisations in recipes, packaging or labelling

What do I need to be successful?

You bring a solid education. Whether commercial, gastronomic, technical or business-related matters less than your passion for products and markets. Further training in the relevant area rounds off your profile.

What distinguishes you:

• Several years of practical experience in a product-related role, ideally with reference to the food industry or gastronomy

• You have a keen sense for market dynamics and understand what makes products successful

• Numbers are your friends: you enjoy analysing, recognising patterns and deriving strategic decisions

• Your structured and independent way of working enables you to manage several projects in parallel

• You communicate confidently in German and English; further language skills are a plus

• You are at home in dealing with Excel, PowerPoint and ERP systems

• You are a team player who can moderate different interests and lead to common solutions

• Your enthusiasm for culinary topics and food trends is palpable

What are my benefits?

With our client, you can expect far more than just a job. You will receive genuine scope for design in a dynamic market environment where your ideas count and have a direct impact. You work at the exciting interface between strategic thinking and operational action, where you make decisions every day that shape the company’s success.

Specifically, you benefit from:

• The opportunity to actively shape products and ranges and directly influence their success

• A professional environment with short decision-making paths, where your expertise is valued and you are not stuck in endless coordination loops

• Committed colleagues who share your passion for food and innovation

• Room for your own ideas and innovative approaches

• A full-time position with attractive conditions and real development prospects

The best part? You see the fruits of your work not only in numbers but also on the plates of satisfied customers.

What distinguishes the company?

Our client is an established company in the food industry with a focus on the foodservice market. With a diverse product portfolio, the company focuses on quality, customer proximity and sustainable development. Food trends are actively shaped here.

Languages
German: C2 - Native level
English: B1 - Intermediate / Good
French: an advantage

Work location
Bern

Vacancy number
VA-PLJ-W8B