Manufacturing Operations Specialist

Background

Melt&Marble’s mission is to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable products across different industries. We harness precision fermentation to create the next generation of sustainable designer fats, tailored for applications ranging from delicious, climate-friendly foods to high-performance personal care products. 

We are expanding our team and looking to attract enthusiastic & mission-driven people to join us on our journey.  

Position summary

We are looking for a hands-on Manufacturing Operations Specialist to support the commercialization and scale-up of Melt&Marble’s products. 

This role combines manufacturing coordination, quality and compliance management, logistics coordination, and project management. The successful candidate will work closely with our manufacturing partners, testing laboratories, customers, and internal teams to ensure that production lots move smoothly from manufacturing through quality control, documentation, and delivery. 

You will work closely with manufacturing partners, testing laboratories, suppliers, logistics providers, customers, and internal teams to establish scalable systems as we grow from pilot production to commercial volumes. 

Our ideal candidate should have experience coordinating manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or operational activities within industries such as food, ingredients, biotechnology, fermentation, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, or related fields. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys creating structure, building systems, managing multiple stakeholders, and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. 

The candidate should be comfortable working in the dynamic environment of a startup company, handling multiple projects simultaneously, and helping establish scalable systems as we transition from pilot production to commercial volumes. 

Occasionally, some activities may require working outside of standard working hours. The position may require occasional travel within Sweden and abroad. 

Main Responsibilities & Tasks

Manufacturing coordination 

• Coordinate external manufacturing partners and track production from fermentation, extraction, through testing, packaging, and delivery, ensuring that materials, packaging, and labelling are ready in time for production. 

• Manage production-related supply dependencies: purchase/delivery timelines, lead times, backorders, and shipment readiness.

• Coordinate logistics across partners/facilities: shipments, dispatch, tracking, and delivery coordination to customers. 

• Identify supply risks (material shortages, delayed packaging, logistics constraints, dependency bottlenecks) and proactively escalate with mitigation actions. 

Quality, Traceability & Compliance  

• Ensure complete, organized quality and compliance documentation for each production lot. 

• Coordinate quality control and external testing activities, including specifications, Certificates of Analysis (CoAs), batch records, traceability, batch release documentation, etc. 

• Maintain traceability linking materials to batch records, test results, CoAs, etc. 

• Coordinate and validate supplier documentation required for compliance (e.g., incoming quality documentation, supplier qualification support). 

• Support continuous improvement of quality documentation workflows to reduce errors, delays, and nonconformities. 

Operational Systems & Cross-Functional Coordination 

• Identify and implement improvements to manufacturing, inventory, logistics, and product flow processes. 

• Help establish scalable operational systems (documentation structure, release checklists, partner SOP alignment, inventory/document tracking support). 

• Coordinate cross-functional projects by tracking timelines, deliverables, and follow-up actions across internal teams. 

Required qualifications

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in biotechnology, food science, chemistry, chemical engineering, supply chain, operations, or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, quality, supply chain, logistics, technical operations, or a related role within food, ingredients, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, personal care, or another regulated manufacturing industry.

• Solid understanding of quality systems, traceability, and compliance requirements in a manufacturing environment (e.g. GMP, HACCP, ISO-based quality systems, supplier qualification, batch documentation, or related frameworks).

• Hands-on experience maintaining or coordinating quality and compliance documentation such as batch records, specifications, CoAs, supplier documentation, testing records, and traceability systems.  

• Experience coordinating activities involving multiple external partners, suppliers, laboratories, or manufacturers.

• Understanding of manufacturing processes in biotechnology, food ingredients, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, or related industries. 

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Good written and oral communication skills in English.

• Proactive, flexible, and hands-on, with the ability to work independently and thrive in a startup environment.

Bonus points

• Hands-on experience with contract manufacturing partners.

• Understanding of microbial fermentation, downstream processing, or other batch manufacturing processes. 

• Experience with lipids.

• Experience coordinating international shipments, customs, or import/export activities.

• Experience implementing operational, inventory, ERP, quality management, or document management systems.

• Familiarity with customer-facing quality and compliance documentation requirements. 

We offer:  

• An innovative, interdisciplinary, and fun research environment where you can rapidly grow your skillset and advance in your career   

• Unique opportunity to participate in and make meaningful contributions to innovative projects that address key global challenges  

• Competitive remuneration, generous vacation package, and other benefits  

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden.   

Application procedure:  

Applications should be in English and contain the following:  

• Cover letter- tell us about your ambitions and why you’re a great fit for Melt&Marble and this particular position (300 words max!)  

• CV outlining your experience, educational background and key skills, including contact information of 2 current/former supervisors and 1 current/former colleague 

Application deadline: September 30th. Please note that we might evaluate applications as they are received and may close the position ahead of the deadline if we find a suitable applicant, so please apply early! 

If you have any questions about the position, feel free to contact us at hr@meltmarble.com