Company

Lutosa, a Belgian success story for more than 40 years!

With more than 1,200 employees at 2 production sites, we produce frozen and chilled fries, potato specialities and dehydrated flakes that delight the world .
We are present in 136 countries through 24 subsidiaries and sales offices, and proudly export 94% of our production.

At Lutosa, you are joining a family business with an international dimension where team spirit, innovation and passion for the product are at the heart of everything we do.
Working with us is an opportunity to develop your skills, take on great challenges and collaborate with colleagues with diverse and exciting profiles.

Join the Lutosa adventure and be a part of our story!

Function

Your role as an Operations Management Trainee is to establish a solid understanding of the business with the goal of becoming a future leader of the business.

Participate in a two-year Operations Management Development Program, during which multiple assignments will be assigned in the key areas of production, maintenance, quality, R&D and agronomy, in order to gain a thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of the company's processes and ways of working.

Each assignment will last from 6 to 12 months and will consist of a mix of formal training and applied learning experiences in partnership with seasoned experts. The objective will be to actively contribute to Lutosa's operational excellence.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Observe experienced staff and gain knowledge of the processes, procedures, methods and standards required to take on a leadership role in each of the program's focus areas.
• Participate in cross-functional projects to better understand the company's processes.
• Organize and lead work teams in assigned focus areas, including planning, security, day-to-day operations, and performance management. Duties include decision-making, leadership, and administrative aspects of assigned roles.
• Actively foster and promote good safety work habits, ensuring that safety policies and procedures are properly followed.
• Actively participate in health and safety initiatives, playing a leading role in the quest for zero incidents through safety optimization.
• Maintain one's own safety and the safety of one's co-workers in accordance with company instructions and rules:

• By collaborating in the analysis of accidents and incidents as well as in the analysis of risks related to the workplace
• By participating in training
• By actively participating in the prevention policy put in place.

7. Maintain and comply with the rules relating to the protection of the environment and energy resources:

• By being proactive in implementing improvement measures; By reporting bad practices.

Profile

• Master in Food Engineering, Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience in the food industry is an asset. Familiar with the company's activities and HACCP and ISO standards. Excellent mastery and affinity with computer tools.
• Caring for others, natural leadership, enjoying working in a family environment, being professional, showing commitment to work, being respectful of others, respectful of their work, and being open to the world.
• Ability to organize ideas and knowledge in order to imagine innovative projects, Ability to face problems and quickly find effective solutions,
• Willing to be mobile between the two production sites of Lutosa in Belgium (Leuze-en-Hainaut and Waregem).

Offer

• Why join us?

• Joining Lutosa is much more than a job:

• • A varied and rewarding role within a leading company in its market, integrated into an international group (McCain)

  • A pleasant working environment, in a dynamic team that is always focused on innovation

  • Real training and development opportunities to develop your skills and build your future

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  Interested? Send us your application and come and put your talents at the service of a growing company!

Languages

Fluency in French and a very good command of English.