Yeast and bacterial cultures for fermentation across food, pharma, and animal nutrition
Lallemand manufactures specialized yeast and bacterial cultures for fermentation-dependent industries—brewing, baking, oenology, animal feed, and pharma. The company is mid-scale (1,000–5,000 employees across 45+ countries) and operationally mature: their stack is dominated by manufacturing execution systems (MES), warehouse management (WMS), and ERP (Dynamics 365), paired with SCADA and LIMS for process control. Active hiring spans manufacturing, sales, and research, with momentum toward automation and preventive maintenance, signaling a push to standardize operations and reduce production costs across a geographically fragmented footprint.
Notable leadership hires: Regional Director, Maintenance Director, HR Director
Lallemand is a privately held biotech-adjacent manufacturer specializing in live yeast and bacterial cultures used to control and optimize fermentation in food, beverage, pharma, cosmetics, and animal nutrition. Founded in the late 19th century, the company operates manufacturing and R&D facilities across more than 45 countries on five continents, with parent-company administration in Montreal. The business serves industrial fermentation end-markets—breweries, bakeries, wineries, and livestock producers—where product consistency and regulatory compliance (FSSC certification) are critical. Current operational priorities include standardizing production across sites, automating processes, reducing maintenance spend, and integrating legacy systems into newer ERP and compliance frameworks.
Core systems: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (ERP), MES, LIMS, WMS, SCADA, Cognos (BI), Power BI, and SQL. Office/collaboration: Teams, Microsoft 365, SharePoint. Marketing/analytics: Google Analytics, Tag Manager, Data Studio, WordPress, Adobe, Canva.
Production module rollout, preventive maintenance automation, FSSC compliance migration, process standardization across sites, new product launches, and field trial campaigns for product validation.
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