Protein Production Manager (m­­/­­f­­/­­d)

You will identify and evaluate potential service provider/partner for KWS to extract protein from pilot and large-scale grain volumes (esp. peas) for different protein types and applications. You will organize and manage protein extraction from protein crops (esp. peas) through service provider/partner to serve product development projects and commercial activities, including establishing and testing scale-up consistency. You will support the development of industry-mimicking lab-scale protein extraction processes. You will be responsible for (off-season) production of protein crops on fields and in protected growing facilities, including production planning, selecting and managing contract growers, and coordinating sampling, harvest and logistics. You will align crop production activities with our internal plant breeding and seed production teams and provide input to protein extraction capacity and volume planning. You will assure and where required establish professional inventory management from seed to protein. You will continuously strive to and look for new approaches to improve cost efficiency and protein quality parameter. You embrace the opportunity to be an influential member of a new initiative in the dynamic and fast-moving plant-based food ingredients trend.