At La Vie, we love meat, but we don’t love its impact on life. We’re on a mission to help people move from an animal-based diet to a plant-based one, whilst keeping a big smile on their face. Our unique product technology and patented vegetal fat recipe, delivers the juiciest meat-like experiences ever known in the category. We are building a movement, a positive change for the industry and for the planet.
Come and join us.
From plants with Love.
La Vie™
This role is based in Nantes or Vendée in Montaigu where the factory is located. A Paris trip will be planned to work directly with our R&D team and lab twice a month.
Communication and Coordination
- Establish optimal communication with CoManufacturer’s technical teams.
- Provide technical input on manufacturers’ capabilities and constraints in project meetings.
- Coordinate trial preparation and logistics with the operations team (e.g., samples, raw materials).
Technical Support and Process Development
- Offer technical support to CoManufacturer to enhance productivity and cost efficiency.
- Organize and monitor trials for new product development.
- Track process modifications and optimizations for existing products.
- Transfer technical know-how to align manufacturing with product briefs.
- Scale up new recipes from lab to pre-industrial and industrial scales.
- Conduct pilot and industrial trials, producing sample products.
Performance Optimization and Continuous Improvement
- Plan for production volume increases with the manufacturing team.
- Ensure profitability by identifying and implementing cost optimization strategies.
- Define, implement, and monitor key performance indicators and data-driven tools.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., lean six-sigma, loss analysis, quality stabilization).
- Troubleshoot and stabilize product quality issues.
- Audit suppliers and assist with internal audits.
Training, Leadership, and Strategy
- Train and coach factory managers and technical teams on La Vie technologies.
- Lead brainstorming sessions and foster collective intelligence.
- Set up and manage a strong industrial team, defining strategies for coproduct valorization and new market opportunities.
- You are a food engineer with a minimum of 6 years of experience, in the food industry. Plant-based Protein experience is a huge plus!
- You have excellent communication skills and demonstrated autonomy in your previous roles
- You are detail-oriented with good reporting abilities
- You have excellent project management skills and can handle multiple projects on several sites at once
- You are Fluent in Both English and French
Recruitment process
Process You will have a first video call with our Head of People Apolline, a second interview with Veronica, member of our Industrial engineer team. Then a business case to present to Vincent our CTO. We will also ask you to share your references 😉
If all these steps go smoothly, we are happy to show you around in the office and present you to the rest of the team!
What makes La Vie unique?
🌱 Impact: We exist to put a happy end to animal-intensive farming. Waking up every day to save pigs and tons of CO2 is pretty cool.
🚀 Unique adventure: Our vision is to become by 2040 the largest pork brand on Earth… Without hurting a fly! We’ll achieve this vision and tackle all the challenges on the way in what will surely be your craziest professional experience.
💙 People-first: Everyone at La Vie is passionate, smart, and good-vibe. It’s pretty unique to feel you are only surrounded by people who truly care.
🌎 International environment: English-speaking and various nationalities.
👩🏻🔬 R&D + Innovation: expect to learn a lot and eat a lot of samples!
💡Opportunities to learn and Grow: training, learning lunch, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, monthly feedback sessions
♡ Values that brings us together : #Examplary #Ambition #Teamwork #Sunny
🤩 Trust: respect and transparency from everyone.
🥳 Weekly after-work drinks with the team
🏃 A healthy mind in a healthy body: Team Participation in sports events!
- Type de contrat : CDI
- Date de début : 06 janvier 2025
- Lieu : Montaigu-Vendée
- Niveau d'études : Bac +5 / Master
- Expérience : > 5 ans
- Télétravail ponctuel autorisé