R&D Project manager
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**1. PERSONALIA**
* Age: 25
* Education: Master sciences (Biotech related, magna cum laude)
* Work experience : +-1Year
* Civil status: Unmarried, no children
* Dependent people/children: 0
**2. EMPLOYER PROFILE**
* Sector/Industry: Food
* Amount of employees: <50
* Multinational? no
**3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS**
* Current job title: R&D project manager
* Job description: Managing R&D projects tied to external funding, managing the funding related material, external events, leading management level meetings, etc. ; also means i handle large budgets and cost-saving measures for the company in an 'officially you don't have final responsibility but unofficially everybody trusts my work' ; Stakeholder management for projects with other companies
* Seniority: 1 Year, first job after graduating
* Official hours/week : 38
* Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 38-40 (if on-site work 38, if external events closer to 40-45)
* Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 9-18
* On-call duty: No, but if case related questions come i need to answer, only CEO can call me in case of emergencies
* Vacation days/year: 20
**4. SALARY**
* Gross salary/month: 2955
* Net salary/month: 2250
* Netto compensation: 125
* Car/bike/... or mobility budget: Car + fuel card (100 VAA, calculated in the net salary ; car is company owned, not a leasing)
* 13th month (full? partial?): Full
* Meal vouchers: 5
* Ecocheques: 250
* Group insurance: Small % , should ask HR
* Other insurances: Hospitalisation insurance
* Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): Laptop for private use & phone bill paid by company
**5. MOBILITY**
* City/region of work: Limburg
* Distance home-work: 10km
* How do you commute? Company car
* How is the travel home-work compensated: /
* Telework days/week: 0
**6. OTHER**
* How easily can you plan a day off: Easy, if in advance. I decide my case workload and hours, only respond to CEO and production manager
* Is your job stressful? If deadlines yes, otherwise no.
* Responsible for personnel (reports): No, but I have to coordinate cross-departemental teams which can be a large responsibility. Some events need 10-20 people to work in tandem.
Want to touch base on my salary, responsibilities and the job: what does it look like to experienced personel? I am basically a manager in training and they're gradually allowing me more responsibility. Evaluations have always been positive and i have a lot of direct visibility to the CEO and other management. I quickly have become a main cog in a lot of workstreams, and i can build a ton of external connections.
The work region is also rather cheap. They also only rarely get people with my kind of degree around here so management jumped at my application when joining. I get responsibility for large scale events which rapidly build my knowledge. Have a great team backing me as well, management is very reachable and helpfull. I also still live at home, so able to save a large portion due to low costs.
Only thing i'm doubting is if i don't miss the biotech/laboratory side of the industry too much. I know it pays a lot more and the work leans more towards my studies but i also kind of like this job. We are in a niche industry with a good reputation.