Helping hiring managers in food ingredients

FOOD INGREDIENTS RECRUITMENT SERVICES

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OUR APPROACH TO food ingredients recruitment

From raw material processing and formulation through to manufacturing, quality, supply chain and commercial functions, organisations rely on experienced leaders to balance innovation, cost, sustainability and safety. The starting point is a clear understanding of your product portfolio, customer base and growth strategy, including where you see the greatest skills needs over the coming years.

Our specialist team focuses on food ingredients recruitment across functional, speciality, nutritional, and value‑added ingredients, working with global groups, mid‑cap businesses and high‑growth innovators. We understand how disciplines such as R&D, applications, technical service, regulatory, production and commercial teams interact in this market, so conversations move quickly from basic screening to detailed assessment. 

 

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Food Ingredients Industry Breakdown

More information on the areas we specialise in  below. 

We support recruitment for food ingredients, including functional and speciality ingredients such as texturants, stabilisers, emulsifiers, enzymes, cultures, fibres and functional proteins. 

Assignments span 

  • General Management
  • Technical and Applications Leadership
  • Commercial Management

Product Management for businesses supplying into:

  • Bakery
  • Dairy
  • Savoury
  • Confectionery
  • Nutrition

Our work spans colours, sweeteners, starches and hydrocolloids used across mainstream and speciality food and beverage products. 

We support 

  • Senior appointments
  • Product Management
  • Regulatory & Scientific Affairs
  • Technical and Commercial functions that sit at the interface of innovation, reformulation and regulatory change.

Food ingredients recruitment also covers leadership roles across procurement, supply chain, manufacturing and quality in ingredient production and processing. 

Typical projects include 

  • Plant Manager
  • Operations Director
  • Supply Chain Director
  • Procurement Lead
  • Quality Director
  • Technical Manager positions.

We help build senior leadership teams for food ingredients businesses at global, regional and country levels. 

Mandates span 

  • P&L leadership
  • Strategy
  • Commercial excellence
  • Category management
  • M&A and transformation roles where prior experience with food ingredients is critical.

Recruitment Services

A retained search and selection service delivers a focused and confidential approach to securing senior, specialist and hard-to-find talent.

Our Executive Search service connects you with high-calibre leaders for C-suite and senior roles.

We provide a clear view of available talent, competitor structures, and market trends to support your recruitment strategy.

Stay ahead by gaining access to high-calibre professionals who align with your business needs, leveraging our market intelligence and sector expertise.

With our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) service, you hand over part or all of your recruitment process, work with us to understand the level of support you need. 

We provide accurate market data to help you structure pay and rewards with confidence that you will meet industry standards.

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Looking to grow your team?

If you would like to discuss your hiring plans and understand how dedicated recruitment services can support your organisation, contact us for an introductory call to talk through your current and upcoming recruitment needs.

Our expert consultants can support you with:

- Market Mapping

- Retained Search

- Executive Search

- Talent Pool Databasing 

- Salary benchmarking

- RPO Services

Please fill out the form below, and one of our specialists will be in touch for a confidential discussion.

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