Jacobs Douwe Egberts Research and Development (R&D) is part of the Global JDE organization.

R&D is the major contributor to the development of innovative coffee, tea, cereal and NDC

products and is constantly optimizing the product portfolio. Focus of R&D is on building

technology platforms, new products, portfolio renovations and productivity initiatives. Projects

are carried out together with Marketing, Operations and Procurement delivering Product and

Packaging Specifications which are the single most critical output of R&D.

The PLM Specialist reports into the PLM Team Lead. They are responsible for maintenance of an

effective and efficient specification system for product lifecycle management. They support the

R&D team in their work developing new specifications. They are a data custodian and thanks to

their actions the PLM system is trustworthy and data contained therein is a strategic R&D asset.