Project Director

Welcome diversity and apply as you are! At Adisseo, we cherish the value of diversity whatever it may be. The Raams Vision Project Director is responsible for the overall leadership and successful delivery of the Raams Vision transformation program. Acting as the integrator across business, operational, and enabling workstreams, the role ensures alignment of all project components, proactive risk management, and achievement of safety, quality, cost, schedule, and business continuity objectives.

Raams Vision is a strategic multi-country transformation designed to secure the palatability business and establish a new Center of Excellence in Raamsdonksveer. The program combines industrial investment, business transfer, organizational readiness, and operational transition while coordinating closely with the Raams Stabilization and European Footprint Transformation initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Program Leadership & Delivery Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Raams Vision transformation, ensuring alignment across industrial, business, systems, and organizational workstreams. Own the overall roadmap, governance, key milestones, and successful achievement of project objectives.
2. Integrated Planning & Execution Develop and maintain a single integrated master plan covering industrial delivery, business transfer, SAP/IT, supply chain, regulatory readiness, organizational change, commissioning, and operational handover. Ensure clear accountabilities, resource alignment, and execution discipline across all stakeholders.
3. Risk Management & Issue Resolution Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and constraints that may impact project delivery. Anticipate potential roadblocks, drive corrective actions, and ensure effective contingency planning to safeguard business continuity and project success.
4. Governance & Stakeholder Alignment Lead project governance and reporting processes, providing clear, decision-oriented recommendations to the Steering Committee and senior leadership. Build alignment across functions, sites, and external partners to ensure timely decisions and effective execution.
5. Business Readiness & Transition Ensure operational, organizational, regulatory, and system readiness for go-live and ramp-up. Coordinate change management, knowledge transfer, training, and handover activities to deliver a smooth and sustainable transition to the future operating model. Candidate Profile: Master’s degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business or a comparable discipline with substantial experience leading complex, cross-functional industrial or business-transformation projects with international and multi-site interfaces. Experience in feed additives, food ingredients, specialty chemicals or another regulated process/manufacturing environment is strongly preferred. Demonstrated accountability for integrated scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance and business readiness, including commissioning or operational handover. Experience coordinating engineering/industrial teams together with business, SAP/IT, supply chain, quality, regulatory and organizational workstreams. Fluent English is mandatory. Dutch, French or Spanish is an advantage. Good ability to connect business, industrial, systems and people dimensions into one executable plan. Proven ability to resolve ambiguity, align senior stakeholders and recover projects facing delays, resource constraints or interface failures. Experience in mobilizing international, matrixed teams and creates accountability across functions. Frequent travel to Raamsdonksveer and other project sites/partners according to project needs.

What we offer

Be part of a multicultural and global team of 62 nationalities, operating in 100+ countries, that values diversity, promotes inclusion, and supports work-life balance in a respectful and safe work environment.

Benefits

care program, vacation & paid time off, profit-sharing and performance incentives. Learning & Career Development: benefit from continuous training, mentoring, and learning programs, with equal access to career advancement and leadership opportunities. Sustainable and innovative company: work on meaningful projects using cutting-edge technology, with the freedom to innovate and make a real difference.

Because we contribute to feeding 8 billion people, sustainability is not an option - it is our ambition. Key Accountabilities:

1. Program Leadership & Delivery Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Raams Vision transformation, ensuring alignment across industrial, business, systems, and organizational workstreams. Own the overall roadmap, governance, key milestones, and successful achievement of project objectives.
2. Integrated Planning & Execution Develop and maintain a single integrated master plan covering industrial delivery, business transfer, SAP/IT, supply chain, regulatory readiness, organizational change, commissioning, and operational handover. Ensure clear accountabilities, resource alignment, and execution discipline across all stakeholders.
3. Risk Management & Issue Resolution Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and constraints that may impact project delivery. Anticipate potential roadblocks, drive corrective actions, and ensure effective contingency planning to safeguard business continuity and project success.
4. Governance & Stakeholder Alignment Lead project governance and reporting processes, providing clear, decision-oriented recommendations to the Steering Committee and senior leadership. Build alignment across functions, sites, and external partners to ensure timely decisions and effective execution.
5. Business Readiness & Transition Ensure operational, organizational, regulatory, and system readiness for go-live and ramp-up. Coordinate change management, knowledge transfer, training, and handover activities to deliver a smooth and sustainable transition to the future operating model. Candidate Profile: Master’s degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business or a comparable discipline with substantial experience leading complex, cross-functional industrial or business-transformation projects with international and multi-site interfaces. Experience in feed additives, food ingredients, specialty chemicals or another regulated process/manufacturing environment is strongly preferred. Demonstrated accountability for integrated scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance and business readiness, including commissioning or operational handover. Experience coordinating engineering/industrial teams together with business, SAP/IT, supply chain, quality, regulatory and organizational workstreams. Fluent English is mandatory. Dutch, French or Spanish is an advantage. Good ability to connect business, industrial, systems and people dimensions into one executable plan. Proven ability to resolve ambiguity, align senior stakeholders and recover projects facing delays, resource constraints or interface failures. Experience in mobilizing international, matrixed teams and creates accountability across functions. Frequent travel to Raamsdonksveer and other project sites/partners according to project needs.

What we offer

Be part of a multicultural and global team of 62 nationalities, operating in 100+ countries, that values diversity, promotes inclusion, and supports work-life balance in a respectful and safe work environment.

Benefits

care program, vacation & paid time off, profit-sharing and performance incentives. Learning & Career Development: benefit from continuous training, mentoring, and learning programs, with equal access to career advancement and leadership opportunities. Sustainable and innovative company: work on meaningful projects using cutting-edge technology, with the freedom to innovate and make a real difference.

Because we contribute to feeding 8 billion people, sustainability is not an option - it is our ambition.