Wat ga je doen?
Do you want to put the consumer at the heart of innovation and create world-class user experiences?
At the Cosun Innovation Center inDinteloord, we are looking for aProgram Manager UX.The program manager for User Experience (Ux) designs, develops and drives the implementation of the strategy and priorities for this emerging key technology platform. This role will play a pivotal part in shaping the technology roadmap, overseeing program execution, and embedding internal capabilities.
Thisposition acts asthe critical link between high-level technology strategy and hands-on project execution, ensuring alignment across teams and translating ambitious ideas into impactful results. You will work closely with executive leadership to shape research directions towards business impact while empowering interdisciplinary teams to deliver.
About Cosun
Royal Cosunisa leading internationalagricultural cooperative and is owned by approximately 8,100 sugar beet growers. Our purpose is clear: we aim to contribute to an enjoyable,nutritionaland circular world by unlocking the full potential of plants and people for current andnextgenerations. This purpose is rooted in 125 years of Cosun history in successfully valorizing arable crops, such as sugar beets, chicory and potatoes, and co-products into a diverse portfolio of value-added products.
Your main mission is to:
- Drive the RD&I transformation towards user centricity by developing the internal & external capabilities related to user insights and technical competitive landscaping, and their associated change management
- Engage BG and RD&I teams towards User Experience in everything we do, to deliver growth through superior products and meaningful claims, putting the consumer at the heart of product development with the aim to ensure competitive differentiation and market success
- Generate project ideas to support the emerging technology strategy and its associated roadmap, andensure the successful execution of the projects and embedding of the change
- Provide guidelines to ensure world-class User Experience in all our products, by uncovering consumers and customers’ drivers of liking and their related technical features.
- Facilitate and manage thepeopleside of change within the organization by empowering the direct and indirect teams as ambassadors of consumer centricity for further roll-out in the full organization
This role requires the individual to interface with multi-disciplinary teams and key capabilities in RD&I and to be a respected business partner to theBGcommercial teams. The applicant should bringexpertiseand experience in sensory, consumer and design research together with a passion for bringing the consumer voice into the business.They will have the ability to influence and lead change with key business partners, as well as engaging teams towards transformation.
