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The perfect texture, an unexpected flavor, strong nutritional values-or a combination of all three? At IronMaxx, you will help shape the next generation of our Bars & Snacks portfolio. You will turn consumer needs, market trends, and new product ideas into products that deliver on taste and stand out in the market.\nFrom the initial idea through to the final launch, you will take ownership of the entire product development process and work closely with manufacturers, suppliers, and our Quality, Purchasing, Marketing, and Sales teams. You will combine technical product expertise with creativity and commercial thinking to develop innovative, functional, and commercially attractive products.\nWhether you are developing a new protein bar, optimizing the texture of an existing snack, or identifying the next relevant ingredient trend, your work will have a direct impact on the future of our portfolio.\nReady to turn great ideas into products people love? Then #BEcomeMAXX.\nReady to perform? Your tasks with MAXXimum focus\nProduct Development\nDevelop innovative protein bars, functional snacks, bites, cookies, wafers, and related product concepts-from the initial idea through to market launch.\nIndependently manage development projects, including concept development, formulation, sampling, costing, validation, and commercialization.\nTranslate consumer needs and product briefs into technically feasible and commercially attractive products.\nOptimize existing products in terms of taste, texture, nutritional profile, ingredients, packaging, shelf life, and costs.\nPlan and evaluate tastings, product samples, production trials, and optimization cycles.\nCritically assess prototypes and actively manage external development partners through to final product quality.\nTrends, Innovation & Portfolio\nIdentify relevant consumer, flavor, ingredient, nutrition, and packaging trends.\nConduct market, category, and competitor analyses to identify new product opportunities.\nTranslate trends and insights into concrete innovation and product concepts.\nContinuously develop the Bars & Snacks portfolio with a focus on optimization, differentiation, and growth.\nActively contribute to the innovation pipeline and the future development of the category.\nSupplier & Project Management\nManage external partners.\nAct as the central interface between suppliers and internal teams across Quality, Purchasing, Marketing, and Sales.\nCoordinate timelines, samples, documentation, costs, and decision-making processes across multiple development projects.\nManage price requests, product costing, and commercial evaluations in close collaboration with Purchasing.\nParticipate in supplier meetings, production trials, and relevant trade fairs.\nBuild and further develop high-performing supplier partnerships with regard to quality, innovation, speed, and cost efficiency.\nRegulatory & Quality\nReview formulations, ingredients, nutritional information, claims, declarations, and packaging copy.\nEnsure compliance with the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC / LMIV) and relevant European food-law requirements.\nMaintain product specifications, master data, and development documentation.\nWork closely with Quality to ensure product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.\nSupport root-cause analyses, reformulations, and continuous product improvements.\nYour skillset - as strong as our protein\nDegree or comparable qualification in Food Technology, Food Science, Nutritional Sciences, Nutrition and Home Economics, or a related field.\nRelevant professional experience in product development or R&D within the food industry; experience with bars, snacks, functional foods, confectionery, or sports nutrition is an advantage.\nStrong understanding of ingredients, formulations, sensory characteristics, production processes, and product costing.\nExperience with product sampling, sensory evaluations, production trials, and product optimization.\nGood knowledge of the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIC / LMIV) and relevant European food-law requirements.\nConfident in working with product costing, target costs, and commercial evaluations.\nFluent English; German language skills are an advantage.\nWillingness to travel for supplier meetings, production trials, and industry events.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4361,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"German","level":"All levels","optional":true},{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T09:26:43Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":41,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.688,"p_room":0.6,"age_days":88,"expected_fill_days":94,"reasons":["conf:0","win:late","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T13:21:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4011,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":692293},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=692293"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fironmaxx-rd-project-manager-bars-snacks-mfd"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":729446}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ironmaxx.de","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":729446},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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