Royal Canin
PPI Specialist
Tianjin, China
Everything we do is driven by our passion for pets. Across every role and every location around the world, our teams are united by a shared purpose: creating A Better World For Pets. As a truly pet-centric company, we put pets at the heart of everything—from the products we create to the care and expertise we bring to our work. Whether you’re in R&D, manufacturing, customer care, or any of the corporate functions, your contributions make a direct impact on the health of pets everywhere. We’re also deeply committed to the growth and development of our associates, offering opportunities to learn, innovate, and make a difference every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful PPI Specialist at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
What I love most about Royal Canin is how pet-centric we are—everything we do revolves around improving the lives of pets. It’s not just about creating high-quality products; it’s about living our purpose every day. At the same time, Royal Canin invests in us as associates, helping us grow, develop our skills, and find real meaning in our work. It’s inspiring to be part of a global team that prioritizes both pet health and personal development.
Christina Sermak-Frankowski People & Organization Director, Learning & Culture
The PPI Specialist has 4 main goals: - Lead the implementation of new Product & Packing Innovation in TJN factory - Lead factory portfolio change management - Support quality through statistic process control - Lead process & product validation of production line & equipment in CVS project - Lead Formula deploy and management The PPI Specialist also has a role to manage change including the coordination of projects between a cross functional team of people, on a local, regional and global level.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, in food science or general, or equivalent qualification
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Familiar with process knowledge of Wet petfood, especially with equipment of filling/ retort
- Familiar with packing process, especially with equipment of multi-head weigher and palletizer etc
- >5 years of experience in Supply (PPI, engineering, process technology or manufacturing)
- Experience in Project Management
- Experience in quality, R&D or CI areas
What will be your key responsibilities?
1) Innovation
- Execute R&D strategies for growth, quality & efficiency by implementing new R&D Innovations on site in regards to product, pack, process and packaging equipment’s/lines
- Lead lines trials, complete trial reports and provide technical inputs to operation team throughout activity lifecycle for product implementations projects
- Responsible for the establishment of operational control systems including change management, Hand over 1 & 2, and qualification review for projects regarding product launches on site following industrialization process.
- Join regional PPI platform with respect to technology, best practice and knowledge transfer as part of multisite harmonization measures. 2) Project management
- Support the coordination of projects between a cross functional team of people (on site and off site) to step change projects or drive efficiency (Do it Best). o Support Safety, Quality CI and Environment in collaboration with Q&FS and HSE service.
- Participate to investment submission to identify and assess benefits 3) Standardize & Improve
- Work on new standards and define SRC (standard running condition) in affected perimeter
- Collaborate with Operating and Technical department to validate any standard definition and to deploy them
- Support the CI team on KPI analysis to identify key improvement and increase efficiency and capacity.
- Use their expertise to support the factory operation (through FMOS) and technical teams (through Focused improvements) to solve complex problems, leveraging 6 sigma.
- Own training module definition to develop and sustain associates functional capabilities in particular in process (grinding, extrusion), packaging and flow area
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.