R&D Project Manager (M/F)

R&D PROJECT MANAGER M/F - SNEA 2026 Company: NORMANDISE Pet Food Missions: Within an Industry 4.0 setting and acting as the true conductor of R&D, you will manage product and recipe improvement projects from end to end, bridging the gap between innovation, industrial performance, and product excellence. As such, following an integration and training period on our products, your daily routine will involve the following missions:

• Improve the recipes of our products for our dog and cat clients;
• Work with the R&D and production teams to define new production standards;
• Be responsible for R&D laboratory activities and coordinate them with Bérengère, the R&D technician;
• Search for new suppliers and ingredients to find the most suitable elements (audits, strategic recommendations, catalog enrichment);
• Manage and support the R&D technician.

On our side, we offer you:

• A fixed salary paid over 13 months, accompanied by attractive health insurance and provident scheme, meal vouchers, profit-sharing, statutory participation, and an additional retirement plan;
• The "Welcome Ouaf!", a 3-week integration program to let you experience life at Normandise and give you all the keys to a successful experience;
• A CDI contract under "Cadre" status, "forfait jours" (day-rate basis), in a pleasant working environment where cohesion and serenity are the watchwords;
• A green environment close to all amenities.

Your scope of activity: Research & Development Daytime hours from Monday to Friday - possibility of starting very early in the morning for potential trials. Open space office with the entire R&D management team. Daily work in the factory composed of automated lines with workshops on several levels, covering a large area, and, depending on the workshop: a wet and noisy environment (PPE provided) with temperature variations between workshops (very cold to temperate).

NORMANDISE Pet Food guarantees a simple and fast recruitment process:

• An acknowledgment of receipt of your application within 24 hours.
• If your application is shortlisted: Mathilde (HR Manager) will contact you for an initial telephone exchange. Otherwise, you will receive a response by email from our services.
• If the exchange is positive for both sides: An interview with the recruiting manager and the HR manager in charge of recruitment will be organized. You will also have the opportunity to visit our company.
• If it's still a match: A second interview is organized with the R&D Director and the HR Director.
• A response to your application within 7 days following the interview.
• A specific need to facilitate your integration or your future missions? Express yourself during the recruitment process: with us, we take care of talents just like we do our four-legged companions.

The profile sought: With a BAC+5 degree in food engineering, or a Master's degree in animal sciences or formulation, you have at least 7 years of experience in similar R&D missions within a food industry environment. Creative and curious, you love to explore, test, challenge the existing, and transform an idea into a concrete solution. Proactive and committed, you do not wait for topics to come to you: you anticipate them and are a source of proposals. Do you master technical English and wish to have a key role with a direct impact on products? Then do not hesitate any longer, join us and actively participate in building our future.