Green tech application specialist food hygiene

Christeyns is a privately owned detergents and chemicals group, with activities in several markets worldwide, completely focused on a B-2-B environment. Our head office is located in Ghent, Belgium. The Group employs about 1100 people across 30 countries. Over the last 15 years, Christeyns has enjoyed rapid growth of around 15% per year and now has a consolidated turnover of around 400 million Euro.

Christeyns stands for premium detergents and disinfectants, reliable equipment and flexible customised service. Our portfolio includes hygiene solutions for professional textile care, food processing & retail, the professional cleaning industry and the medical and life sciences sectors.

Rapid company growth and increasing opportunities in our Food and Agricultural sector raise the need to strengthen the agricultural and food department on corporate level.

• First and foremost, you will be responsible for OPC projects from A to Z. This includes:
  • Project management from initiation to completion
  • Field testing: design, carry out and report independently
  • Collaboration with R&D, Regulatory and Marketing Departments
  • Organize (Internal) Customer training and Support in cooperation with the Training department
• You build up an in dept understanding of our range of OPC detergents and biocides
• You identify new opportunities on the market and evaluate their feasibility in line with applicable regulations and trends (BPR, organic production, sustainability ..)
• You share your knowledge with the Applications Team, R&D department and our Regulatory Affairs Department.
• You are the corporate point of contact for local sales and applications colleagues to support with their applications related questions. You support at the customer when necessary.
• You remain close contact with OEM’S and work on corporate OEM projects.
• You support group corporate accounts and the involved local teams from a corporate applications perspective.
• You are a member of the Corporate Food Hygiene Applications & Market Support Team.

• You have a master’s degree.
• You have a solid background/experience in the food Industry.
• You have a solid knowledge of English, written and verbally.
• You are able to travel throughout Europe with some overnight stays as required, and you are at the headquarters on a regular basis.

• A strong, stable and growing company with a highly respected position in the market.
• The opportunity to be part of a fast growing and dynamic business activity.
• You are part of the development sustainable solutions in food hygiene technology
• A strategic role, enabling you to be part of the future growth and success of the local teams and company.
• An excellent remuneration package, in line with the responsibility of this position.