Product Development & Operations – Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

JT International Germany GmbH

  • Trier
  • Veröffentlicht am: 3. Juni 2025
Jobbeschreibung

Who are we?

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic, and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced-risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities, and international career paths are part of our everyday life.

Product Development and Operations – Consumables Manager (m/f/d)

In our R&D RRP (reduced-risk products) Product Development department is an open position as Product Development Manager (m/f/d) based in Trier to fill.

Your job mission:
The incumbent contributes to developing, modifying, and maintaining new Heated Tobacco Products – in particular Heated Tobacco Sticks. The incumbent is responsible for assigned product development / maintenance and project management.


As the Product Development and Operations – Consumables Manager (m/f/d) in the area of product development, you will be responsible for the following tasks:

  • Leading assigned projects to develop and execute test designs while using tobaccos, materials, and processes most economically
  • Initiating the preparation of consumer tests and evaluating the results of product strengths and weaknesses
  • Preparation of product specifications, follow-up on product changes to the industrial manufacturing stage, and keeping product ownership on assigned projects
  • Initiating and supervising the testing for the technical directions on assigned development projects
  • Ensuring the communication on product development and product maintenance to the global supply chain and other stakeholders for the assigned projects
  • Managing the implementation of product / specification changes in close cooperation with technical departments and arranging the input into SAP

  • Relevant educational background: University degree (Bachelor's or PhD), preferably in Chemistry, Food Technology or Agronomy or equivalent education
  • Practical experience: Several years of business practise in product development, preferably in the tobacco or FMCG industry
  • Valuable knowledge: Understanding of tobacco and markets, casing and flavor, cigarette components, and designs is a plus
  • Special strengths: Interest in sensory evaluation of tobacco products. Solid knowledge of the most common PC software applications
  • Suitable personality: Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills. Good communication and presentation skills, as well as being team-oriented. Open-minded, ready to learn new things, and flexible attitude
  • Language skills: Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional foreign language knowledge is advantageous
  • Practised working time model: flextime

  • Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approximately 60 nations at the Trier site
  • Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salaries and bonuses as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
  • Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being
  • Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us, and your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance
  • Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation
  • Your mobility offer: With our BusinessBike program, we offer you the opportunity to lease the bike of your choice at attractive conditions as part of a permanent position. This is an uncomplicated and flexible way to promote your health
  • Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you
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