Product & Process Implementation Manager - Wet

**Job Description:** The Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager - Wet is responsible to deploy R&D specifications needed for manufacturing of WET products on existing manufacturing standards and for new technology to achieve process specifications conformance and finished product specifications conformance.  **What are we looking for?** Minimum Requirements * Bachelor’s or in Engineering, Food Science, or a related technical field or equivalent * 2+ years of experience in a people leadership role, with demonstrated ability to develop and engage a technical team. * 2-3 years relevant experiences in food technology development, process & product scale-up and/or implementation * Working in a company with multicultural and international features Preferred Qualifications * Advanced degree in Engineering, Food Science, or a related technical field * Demonstrated industry experience as R&D engineer or Quality & Food Safety Engineer * Green belt or Black belt for Lean 6-Sigma * 5+ years relevant experiences in food technology development, process & product scale-up and/or implementation * Proven track record of leading complex industrialization or commercialization projects from pilot to full-scale production * Project Management experience * Wet Petfood Manufacturing **What will be your key responsibilities?** Leads Self & Others * Lead, develop, and engage a WET PPI team, building deep technical capability, accountability, and a strong performance culture.  * Role‑model Mars leadership behaviors, ensuring clarity of expectations, regular feedback, and growth of future leaders. * Deliver technical training to site teams on process principles, product quality, and performance standards. Delivers Results * Translate R&D and Quest (our long-term innovation pipeline) strategies into clear regional Wet industrialization priorities. * Own delivery outcomes across the manufacturing network, ensuring disciplined execution and measurable business impact. Ensures Quality & Safety * Own the deployment and sustained conformance of Wet product, process, and raw material specifications. * Safeguard food safety, quality, and performance in line with Royal Canin standards and the Mars Quality principle. * Follow and enforce pre-requisite actions for process validation as a requirement for Hand Over 0 (HO0) signature. Decision Quality & Managing Complexity * Lead regional industrial risk assessment and decision-making for new materials, processes, products, and technologies. * Lead complex problem solving (troubleshooting level 2) related to raw material, product and process. * Drive robust, data‑based decisions to enable compliant, resilient, and scalable implementations. * Own the Hand Over 1 (HO1) signature for small/minor projects and support the Global Technology Specialist on major projects. Leads Change & Industrialization * Act as the regional R&D leader for Wet industrialization, driving innovation scale‑up, portfolio transfers, and critical regional initiatives. * Implement robust processes for commissioning, capturing learnings, and establishing repeatable, best-practice ways of working. Collaborates & Balances Stakeholders * Build strong, trust‑based partnerships with Quality, Food Safety, Regulatory, Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, and Commercial teams. * Enable seamless execution through alignment, clarity of roles, and shared accountability. * R&D representative for the Commissioning, Validation, and Start-Up (CVS) process. * Support CVS and PPI teams with on-site protocol execution. Thinks Long Term * Shape the future of Wet technology by contributing expertise and key learnings to global R&D and PPI communities. * Proactively strengthen future deployments by investing in team capability and establishing a knowledge transfer framework. **What can you expect from Mars?**  * Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.   * Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. * An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. _**Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.**_ #LI-Onsite #LI-AM1