Project Manager - Industrial Deployment Asia

As the world leader in alternative animal proteins, Innovafeed contributes to the construction of a sustainable food system by developing a pioneering and innovative industry: the breeding and processing of insects (Hermetia Illucens fly).

- Dealing with global protein deficit by strengthening our food systems

- To have a positive overall environmental impact based on circular economy and inspired by natural food chains;

- To generate territorial economic dynamism : in order to feed and raise our larvaes, we are co-located with agro-industrial partners that provide us with co-products and low footprint energy.

 

Incorporated in 2016, Innovafeed manufactures and sells 3 different insect-based products:

· Insect protein for a more sustainable and qualitative aquaculture, especially for feeding salmon and trout 🐟

· Insect oil for feeding animals (like pig and poultry), in the context of sustainable farming respectful of animal welfare 🐤 

·  Insect feces used as an effective organic fertilizer 🌱

To meet this challenge in the most eco-friendly way possible, we have set up a system of industrial symbiosis explained in this video: click here

 

The success of our project depends on a dynamic and talented team sharing the same values and driven by a common objective : to continue our development as a world leader in the animal nutrition market !

In order to support this scale-up, we are looking for new talents able to get deeply involved in our ambitious and dynamic company(e)

Are you willing to get involved in building a more natural and sustainable food system? Are you interested in biotechnology and sensitive to the problems of food scarcity?  So, we think you are ready to be part of the InnovaFeed adventure !

Our recruitment process is objective, inclusive and fair(e)It’s very important for us to offer from the start a clear, smooth and constructive recruitment experience for each applicant.

Your missions 

Innovafeed has a very strong growth ambition and developing its industrial footprint is crucial to this ambition(e)The Industrial Deployment’s mission is to secure Innovafeed’s new production capacities(e)This means

- Screening a great number of geographies (10+ studied) and possible feedstocks

- Optimizing a set of complex criteria (technical, economic, political)

- Promoting Innovafeed’s unique industrial co-location model. 

 

The team is organized by geographies(e)As lead of Asian Industrial deployment your role will be the following :

The team is organized by geographies(e)As part as the Europe team your role will be to support our industrial deployment in France and Europe by participating to the following activities:

- Screening of potential new industrial sites or existing ones in Asia

- Strategic thinking around model development suited to Asian context

- Structuration of potential new sites economics

- Partnerships construction with key stakeholders (local authorities, agro-industrial partners for feedstock raw material sourcing, energy providers)

- Coordination with other Innovafeed’s teams, in particular R&D team for raw material characterization, Industrial team for handover for sites design and construction

 

You will also support the team overall development by contributing to transversal topics, e.g(e)building intelligence on commodities markets, market understanding of agriculture volumes worldwide, understanding of our partners’ industrial processes, etc.

 

You will coordinate and interact across the board with a wide variety of contacts:

- internally: co-founders, R&D team, Industrial team, Business Development team, Legal team, QHSE team;

- externally: industrial partners, economic development boards, local authorities, political personalities.

 

 

 

We are looking for candidates with a solid industrial background, at ease in all types of situations :

- Ownership: willingness and drive to be 100% responsible for project success;

- Polyvalence: outstanding ability to navigate very diverse topics and leverage InnovaFeed’s in-house expertises;

- Interpersonal skills: strong leadership to maintain partners’ engagement and coordinate InnovaFeed teams in a cross-functional set-up;

- Problem solving skills: ability to efficiently structure new problematics and conduct robust analysis 

- Languages: Fluent in English + Professional in French.

 

With a Master's degree, you ideally have 5+ years of experience in industry involved in strategy, program management, bidding proceses(e)Exposure to Asia in your past experience is a plus.

- A customized on-boarding process to discover our business through an operator training and the role of each team through dedicated presentations ;

- A particular care in the follow-up of your integration via specific exchanges and a feedback report;

- Alan's mutual insurance and provident fund for all;

- An important involvement of the employees in the growth and construction of the company (working groups, surveys...);

- An internal training program to allow you to develop.