Royal Canin
Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager - Wet
North Sioux City, Dakota du Sud
Tout ce que nous faisons est guidé par notre passion pour les animaux. À travers chaque rôle et chaque site dans le monde, nos équipes sont unies par une mission commune : créer un Monde Meilleur pour les Animaux. En tant qu’entreprise véritablement centrée sur les animaux, nous plaçons les animaux au cœur de tout—des produits que nous développons aux soins et à l’expertise que nous apportons à notre travail. Que vous soyez en R&D, en production, au service client ou dans l’une de nos fonctions corporate, vos contributions ont un impact direct sur la santé des animaux partout dans le monde. Nous sommes également profondément engagés envers la croissance et le développement de nos collaborateurs, offrant des opportunités d'apprendre, d'innover et de faire la différence chaque jour.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager - Wet 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
Ce que j’aime le plus chez Royal Canin, c’est à quel point nous sommes centrés sur les animaux—tout ce que nous faisons tourne autour de l’amélioration de la vie des animaux. Il ne s’agit pas seulement de créer des produits de haute qualité, mais de vivre notre mission au quotidien. En même temps, Royal Canin investit en nous, les collaborateurs, en nous aidant à grandir, à développer nos compétences et à donner un véritable sens à notre travail. C’est inspirant de faire partie d’une équipe mondiale qui met la santé des animaux et le développement personnel au cœur de ses priorités.
Christina Sermak-Frankowski Directrice People & Organization, Learning & Culture
The Product & Process Implementation (PPI) Manager - Wet is responsible to deploy R&D specifications needed for manufacturing of WET products on existing manufacturing standards and for new technology to achieve process specifications conformance and finished product specifications conformance.
What are we looking for?
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s or in Engineering, Food Science, or a related technical field or equivalent
Demonstrated industry experience as R&D engineer or Quality & Food Safety Engineer
2+ years of experience in a people leadership role, with demonstrated ability to develop and engage a technical team.
2-3 years relevant experiences in food technology development, process & product scale-up and/or implementation
Working in a company with multicultural and international features
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in Engineering, Food Science, or a related technical field
Green belt or Black belt for Lean 6-Sigma is a plus
5+ years relevant experiences in food technology development, process & product scale-up and/or implementation
Proven track record of leading complex industrialization or commercialization projects from pilot to full-scale production
Project Management experience
What will be your key responsibilities?
Leads Self & Others
Lead, develop, and engage a WET PPI team, building deep technical capability, accountability, and a strong performance culture.
Role‑model Mars leadership behaviors, ensuring clarity of expectations, regular feedback, and growth of future leaders.
Deliver technical training to site teams on process principles, product quality, and performance standards.
Delivers Results
Translate R&D and Quest (our long-term innovation pipeline) strategies into clear regional Wet industrialization priorities.
Own delivery outcomes across the manufacturing network, ensuring disciplined execution and measurable business impact.
Ensures Quality & Safety
Own the deployment and sustained conformance of Wet product, process, and raw material specifications.
Safeguard food safety, quality, and performance in line with Royal Canin standards and the Mars Quality principle.
Follow and enforce pre-requisite actions for process validation as a requirement for Hand Over 0 (HO0) signature.
Decision Quality & Managing Complexity
Lead regional industrial risk assessment and decision-making for new materials, processes, products, and technologies.
Lead complex problem solving (troubleshooting level 2) related to raw material, product and process.
Drive robust, data‑based decisions to enable compliant, resilient, and scalable implementations.
Own the Hand Over 1 (HO1) signature for small/minor projects and support the Global Technology Specialist on major projects.
Leads Change & Industrialization
Act as the regional R&D leader for Wet industrialization, driving innovation scale‑up, portfolio transfers, and critical regional initiatives.
Implement robust processes for commissioning, capturing learnings, and establishing repeatable, best-practice ways of working.
Collaborates & Balances Stakeholders
Build strong, trust‑based partnerships with Quality, Food Safety, Regulatory, Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, and Commercial teams.
Enable seamless execution through alignment, clarity of roles, and shared accountability.
R&D representative for the Commissioning, Validation, and Start-Up (CVS) process.
Support CVS and PPI teams with on-site protocol execution.
Thinks Long Term
Shape the future of Wet technology by contributing expertise and key learnings to global R&D and PPI communities.
Proactively strengthen future deployments by investing in team capability and establishing a knowledge transfer framework.
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.
Best-in-class 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.
Mars does not sponsor visas for this role.