Frulact is an international business group, founded in Oporto in 1987. Currently, we are positioned as a top-ranked innovative player in the supply of added-value ingredients for the food and beverage industry, focusing on fruit preparations, plant-based dairy alternatives, liquid flavours, and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a HR Development Trainee for our Human Resources Development Team.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Human Resources processes.


• Operational management of employee life cycle processes.


• Update information in the database.


• Guarantee the administrative information of the human resources processes.

• Guarantee compliance with company policies and procedures.

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Sociology or similar


• Eligible for professional internship


• Fluent in English (French it will be a plus)


• Immediate availability

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Travels Coordinator for our Travels department in Maia:

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Implementation of a travel expense control system
• Responsible for the correct implementation of the travel policy in terms of expenditure plafonds;
• Conference and monitoring of travel expenses
• Managing requests with travel agencies
• Management of the Travels platform and database management
• Booking management of stays (hotels)
• Rent-a-Car Service Management
• Documentation handling for travel
• Support for the traveler
• Other relevant administrative tasks

 

 

Profile:

 

• Minimum experience 2/3 years in the role
• Adequate academic and professional training
• Knowledge of Office tools
• Knowledge in travel tools will be a plus
• Knowledge of English (French as a preferred factor)
• Communication and Relationship Facility
• Resilience, Dynamism/Proactivity
• Problem Solving Agility, Responsibility

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a HR Analytics Specialist for our Human Resources Department - Maia.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support on HR analytics to translate data to contribute to decision making processes


• Support on rewards and forecast operations, being a key team player on the HR budgeting and reporting process


• Active search on trends and benchmarks related with People Analytics and Employee´s experience


• Contribute to the team´s success, by challenging our thinking and bringing fresh and pragmatics ideas

 

PROFILE:

• Management, business related degree


• 1-2 years working experience


• IT skills, namely SAP (desirable but not mandatory) and office


• English (essential) and French as a plus


• Clear communication skills


• Understanding the importance of dealing with sensitive data


• Creative problem solving


• Deep analytical capabilities

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Travels Assistant for our Travels department in Maia:

 

Responsibilities:

 

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  • Administration of the internal travelling requests
  
  
  • Managing the requests with the travel agencies and travel documentation
  
  
  • Control of the internal Travels platform
  
  
  • Secure the compliance of the Travels policy
  
  
  • Check and monitor travel expenses
  
  
  • Other relevant administrative tasks
  
  
  
  

 

Profile:

 

• Minimum of 2 year experience


• MS office tools knowledge


• Fluency in English, French and or German is a plus


• Ease of communication and relationship adaptability


• Resilience, dynamic performance, and proactivity


• Problem solving agility and responsibility

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Marketing Specialist for our Marketing Team - Maia.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Market research: Use marketing information to identify opportunities and consumer trends.


• Relationship with design agencies and internal processes related to those partners: management of Design, Copywriting.


• Marketing communications internal and external.


• Frulact’s digital strategy.


• Marketing strategy in accordance with the Business


• Brand strategy of Frulact´s Group, including brand guidelines.


• Communications related with all our business units across the 7 different countries we are present: Portugal, Morocco, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Germany, Canada.


• Support sales team in market data that is necessary to develop further our strategy.

 

PROFILE:

• Degree in Management, Marketing, Communication


• Minimum experience of 1 year in role with similar experiences


• Fluent in English (French it will be a plus)


• Communication Skills


• Presentations Expert

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a SENIOR BUYER | INGREDIENTS for our Procurement department in Maia:

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Category Manager for Ingredients


• Build the strategy for Ingredients category;


• Identify and validate new suppliers (build supplier´s panel);


• Develop a good knowledge of the market, launch RFI and RFQ, negotiate and sign long term agreements, follow supplier's performance.


• Build budget and monitor prices, index prices to indicators (when available),


• Monitor purchasing´s KPIs

 

Profile:

 

• University Degree, preferably in Management, Economics, Engineering (or similar)


• Experience in food business would be desirable.


• SAP or other similar software’s as a plus


• Strong analytical skills, proficient in Microsoft Excel


• Minimum experience of 3 years in similar roles, experience in Ingredients purchases


• Fluent Portuguese and English, French/German as a plus

 

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a SENIOR BUYER | PACKAGING for our Procurement Department in Maia:

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Category Manager for Packaging


• Build the strategy for Packaging;


• Identify and validate new suppliers (build supplier´s panel);


• Develop a good knowledge of the market, launch RFI and RFQ, negotiate and sign long term agreements, follow supplier's performance.


• Build budget and monitor prices, index prices to indicators (when available),


• Monitor purchasing´s KPIs

 

Profile:

 

• University Degree, preferably in Management, Economics, Engineering (or similar)


• Experience in food business would be desirable.


• SAP or other similar software’s as a plus


• Strong analytical skills, proficient in Microsoft Excel


• Minimum experience of 3 years in similar roles, experience in Packaging


• Fluent Portuguese and English, French/German as a plus

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Product Specifications Specialist for our Research, Development and Investigation (RDI) team in Maia.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Management of Product Technical Documentation


• Support in Food Regulation, product compliance guarantee


• Customer regulatory contact

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Biochemistry or similar


• Fluent in German and English (mandatory)

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a TRANSPORT ASSISTANT (Inbound) for our SCM Team.

Your main responsibilities will be:

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Confirmation of invoices for transport services performed

Update of transport services maps

Coordination of the transportation of material transfers between warehouses

 

PROFILE:

 

Dynamic and agile when solving problems

Minimum experience of 1 year in similar role

Fluent in English (French it will be a plus)

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Tax Specialist for our Accounting & Tax Department - Maia.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring tax compliance for the entire Frulact group


• Ensure that proper transfer pricing documentation are in place


• Manage tax incentives


• Be the link with Tax Authorities


• Support the Accounting Team in monthly closings (intercompany and tax related subjects)


• Support Accounting in Financial Audits, Statutory accounts

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Tax, Accounting or Management


• Minimum experience of 2 years in similar role


• Fluent in English – mandatory


• Fluent in French and \ or Germany - It will be a plus


• SAP Knowledge - It will be a plus


• Accounting background - It will be a plus


• Certificate accountant - It will be a plus

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Controller for our Planning & Management Control.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparation of analysis to support business decision-making.


• Monitorization of the corporate KPIs achievement and the respective action plans.


• Support the preparation of management reports.


• Support the development of business plans and facilitate root cause analysis and solutions to potential deviations.


• Support investment profitability analysis.


• Participate in complex analytical models with multiple inputs.

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Economics, Management, Business Administration or similar).


• Minimum experience of 3 years in Finance roles - Controlling (Budget, Control & Reporting) in multinational operations, preferable.


• Fluent in English. German is a plus.


• Strong knowledge in SAP (implementation experience is a plus).


• Knowledge of Accounting.


• Knowledge of Data Analysis and Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, QlikView, or similar).


• Experience in Consulting is valued.

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a RDI Portfolio Manager for our RDI department. Your main responsibilities will be:

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides information to RDI project selection and project prioritization.


• Use analytical approach to yield a portfolio of projects that is aligned with the business strategic plan.


• Built the framework to document the value proposition for each project, define expected business results for each project, expressing results in terms of quality, time, scope and cost.


• Act transversally with project managers team to consolidate metrics for projects planification and execution.


• Update project pipeline changes to the scope, selection criteria, schedule and resources of the projects impacting the overall portfolio.


• Define Phase-Gate review process for strategic projects and provide final recommendations at each stage in the process.


• Collaborate with other members of Portfolio Operations and Project Management to support portfolio performance tracking and reporting


• Define a risk matrix for strategic projects and improve processes related to project and portfolio execution.


• Support the preparation of the Annual RDI Fruit Prep Budget supporting Group Strategic Plan, controlling deviation from budget and propose and support implementation of corrective measures on time.


• Provides timely, accurate and complete reports on the RDI project portfolio execution.


• Contribute in the definition and follow up of internal RDI KPI’s, providing timely, accurate and complete reports on the RDI KPI execution.

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Management; Economics, Mathematics or related fields


• Complementary training in food industry would be desirable


• SAP or other similars software’s as a plus


• Minimum experience of 3 years in similar roles


• Fluent Portuguese, English and French, German as a plus


• Good management skills, good analytical skills, multi tasking, objective focused.

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Supply Auditor for our Procurement & SCM.

(m/f)

 

RESPONSABILITIES:

• Manage Supplier´s panel, ensure quality of IQF, fresh fruits, puree all year long (dedicated to fruits)


• Based on purchasing needs, support the supplier’s panel definition


• Search and validate suppliers, crop risk control/audit planning (Monday/risk Control), select batches to be deliver


• Guarantee Supplier Relationship Management with suppliers, build the information about the market, contribute to supplier´s continuous improvement, build supplier´s market report, communicate internally about crop´s availability /quality, , evaluate supplier´s delivery and quality (build action plan if needed), support audit/pre-audit of the suppliers

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree: ideally Agronomy


• Minimum experience of 5 years in similar roles


• Complementary training in food industry would be desirable


• SAP or other similar software’s as a plus


• Fluent Portuguese and English, French as a plus.


• Workplace is located at company HQ in Porto, must be available for travel 30-50% of the time

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Frulact is an international business group, founded in Oporto in 1987. Currently, we are positioned as a top-ranked innovative player in the supply of added-value ingredients for the food and beverage industry, focusing on fruit preparations, plant-based dairy alternatives, liquid flavours, and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a Product Development Specialist for our Plant Based Product Development and Innovation Department - Maia

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development of Plant Based innovative solutions


• Management of Product Technical Characterization


• Support in Food Quality Regulation and product compliance guarantee.


• Scaling up process


• Built the framework to document the value proposition to each project, expected results to each project, expressing results in terms of quality, time and cost


• Provides timely, accurate and complete reports for the R&D project portfolio execution

 

PROFILE:

• University degree in Food Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology or similar


• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Product Development


• Training in Quality and Food Safety.


• Fluent in Portuguese and English


• Spanish as a plus


• Good management skills, multi-tasking and objective focused

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FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

 

We are looking for a SALES MANAGER for our Business Development Team based in France

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for a portfolio of French and European clients.


• Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, anticipating trends.


• Establishes and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.


• Reach sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales of its own portfolio of clients.

 

PROFILE:

• University Degree in Marketing or Business Administration.


• Minimum 3 to 5 years of sales experience.


• Proven track record of positive sales performance.


• Fluent in French and English mandatory.

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Key Accounts Liaison

 

FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

We are looking for a Key Accounts Liaison for our Business Development.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Management of business opportunities


• Collect information with regards to market trends and opportunities


• Research to identify prospective clients


• Attending expos and promotions to keep Frulact up to date on market trends


• Management of clients


• Follow up on customer portfolios


• Follow up on technical needs of customers


• Meet with customers to present new products with R&D


• Identify and convey relevant information from clients to the organization


• Keep a positive line of communication with customers in terms of receiving orders and technical information


• Upload the correct information onto the system regarding clients’ products (technical info such as products/labels/forecasts received etc.)


• Follow up on complaints raised by customers, where we are internally with the process and provide feedback to the customer


• Follow up on products sent back and credits that need to be issued


• Meet with customers frequently to promote a strong and trusting business relationship


• Promote and monitor customer visits to Frulact's industrial facilities


• Manage current customers and finding avenues within our current customer base for Frulact to add value to the customer within our capabilities


• Creating yearly sales budgets and reporting monthly on sales performance to the board of directors


• Leading SADC customers contract, SLA and price negotiations


• Internal Management


• Support Sales Department and R&D in management processes and projects


• Assist with following up on purchase orders and changes on loads to supply the customer and communicating it directly with the customer


• Assisting with the Customer service position in case of need (invoicing on SAP, loading forecasts on MRP etc.)


• Adhering to all Company policies and procedures


• Carry out any related task requested by Management


• Part of Management committee for SADC unit

PROFILE:

• Effective communication


• Basic knowledge of hygiene, food safety and production processes


• Professional experience in the function or similar function for 2-3 years


• Willingness to work overtime as the function requires


• Ability to work well under pressure


• Team player


• Own transport and valid driver’s license


• Excellent English writing and communication skills


• Computer literate and efficiency on of Microsoft Office


• Degree or Diploma in  Business Management or other similar degrees


• Available to travel in South Africa and greater SADC region (valid South African/other passport)

LOCATION:

Pretoria, Gauteng

 

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Customer Services Agent

 

FRULACT is a business group positioned as a top-ranked innovative company in the supply of added value ingredients for the food & beverage industry, focused on fruit preparations, plant-based and other specialty ingredients.

We are looking for a Customer Services Agent for our Customer Services Department.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor, correct and guarantee sales forecast information updated in the system;


• Supply coordination, with your intervention ensuring that the contribution of the remaining areas of the supply chain (Procurement, Purchasing, R&D, Production, Quality) is focused on customer response


• Keeping the customer updated on all processes related to the supply plan;


• Insertion and monitoring of customer complaints and their intervention should ensure their closure and response to the customer in a timely manner;


• Inform the commercial manager of supply failures


• Reception and launch of orders in the computer tool “order management”


• Change orders by classifying the respective reasons


• Critical analysis of orders received, informing the Client Agent of unusual situations


• Issuing invoices and other documents related to Frulact's commercial transactions, namely the respective support to export processes


• Proceed to the customer service file

 

PROFILE:

• Effective communication


• Professional Experience in the function or similar function for 1 - 3 years


• Willingness to work overtime as the function requires


• Ability to work well under pressure


• Team worker


• Own transport and valid driver’s licence


• Fluent English writing and communication skills


• Computer literate and efficiency on of Microsoft Office as well proficient on SAP


• Minimum Secondary school qualification/Diploma in Customer Services or similar will be advantageous

 

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

 

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