At Thai Union, we’re shaping the future of seafood through bold ideas, sustainable solutions, and consumer-driven innovation. Our Innovation Hub in Wageningen is where creativity meets science – and we’re looking for a passionate Product Developer to bring new products from concept to market.

The role will report to the Senior Director, R&D Innovation.

Your Responsibilities:

• Drive product innovation & development: from researching ingredients and trends to creating prototypes and supporting industrial scale-up.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams – marketing, sensory, supply chain, and factories – to launch exciting new products.
• Partner with suppliers, start-ups, and research institutions to explore breakthrough innovations & technologies.
• Manage and maintain our Innovation Hub facilities, ensuring the pilot plant, lab, and User Experience kitchen are cutting-edge and effective.
• Ensure all developments meet food safety, quality, and compliance standards.

Why Choose Us?

• Our Values: At Thai Union, we uphold a culture defined by passion, humility, and respect. Our team is driven by a responsible, collaborative, and innovative approach, ensuring that our work contributes to meaningful change in the seafood industry.
• Innovation at the Core: Join our dynamic Innovation Hub, where creativity meets science to design sustainable, consumer-loved products. You’ll be hands-on in shaping the next wave of seafood innovation.
• From Concept to Market: Lead product development from idea generation and prototyping to industrial scale-up — turning insights, trends, and new technologies into real products on shelves.
• Collaborative Environment: Work closely with a diverse set of global and local functions including Packaging Development, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations, providing broad business exposure and personal development opportunities.
• Career Development and Support: We prioritize your professional growth and satisfaction. Our commitment to understanding your unique career aspirations means providing tailored opportunities and a supportive environment to help you thrive and achieve your goals.

About You:

• Seasoned innovation and/or product development experience in the food and ingredients industry. Preferable canned seafood, other canning or meat industry
• Hands-on experience with (pilot) plant equipment and lab trials,
• Knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, ISO, BRC)
• Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Culinary Science or related field - or equivalent experience
• A curious mind, collaborative spirit, and startup-like agility within a global business
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a plus)
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal communication skills.
• Analytical, structured, and process-driven mindset.
• Strong adaptability and ability to thrive in ambiguity and cross-functional complexity.
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal).
• Willing to work primarily onsite in Wageningen (minimum 4 days/week) and travel occasionally (10%).

About Us:

Thai Union Group, a global seafood leader, the largest canned seafood producer in the world plays a dominant role both as own global brand portfolio as well as through its Private Label (OEM) producer that includes Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, Rugen Rish, SELECT, Fisho and Qfresh etc. Thai Union Group is committed to realizing its “Healthy Living, Healthy Oceans” vision. With a focus on health and wellbeing across us, we take our responsibility to sustainable fishing and the marine environment seriously – in 2016 Thai Union launched SeaChange – our strategy for looking after the oceans and managing our waste, our responsibility to our people working around the globe and the communities we work with. We set ourselves and our peers some challenging targets to be more sustainable and we’re making great progress.

Our values drive how we approach our work and engage with our people and customers. These values are to be passionate, humble, respectful, responsible, collaborative and innovative. We do great work, the right way, in challenging times, but we have a strong team that gets the job done. Our people are full of positivity, resilience, fortitude and humour.

We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and recognized for who they are. This is a critical component of our success. Each of our employees adds value to the company regardless of gender, education, religion, origin, nationality, disability or age.

What we can offer you

• A competitive salary with holiday allowance
• Discretionary bonus
• Pension plan
• 27 holidays per year
• Sport membership
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment that values sustainability and teamwork.

Next Steps

If you’re passionate about making a difference and thrive in a flexible, collaborative setting, we’d love to hear from you!

We will review your application and if we think you meet the criteria of the role, we will reach out.

You will have a call with one of our recruitment team and then if we move to the next stage, we will set up an interview with your potential new manager either face to face or via Teams. Final stage interviews are usually face to face.

Thai Union is committed to providing equality of opportunity. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please let us know.