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Marie Cervera-MarzalMC

Marie Cervera-Marzal

Agri-food R&D Engineer & Nutritionist

€650/day
Marseille, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Marie

Originally, I am an **agri-food engineer**: after two years of preparatory classes for higher education, I joined the **National School of Agronomy and Food Industries (ENSAIA)**.

Then, I worked in the industry as anR&D managerfor 8 years: I was responsible for the creation and improvement of recipes and packaging for products sold in supermarkets.

Next, I undertook an additional two-year training innutrition and micronutrition with the Scientific Institute for Rational Nutrition (SiiN):I obtained my European institutional diploma "Intelligent Nutrition" there.

Today, my expertise is therefore based on solid scientific knowledge in agri-food, cell biology, biochemistry, nutrition, and micronutrition, and my activity is divided into several missions:

✨ I support companies in the agri-food industry in their **R&D projects**:
- Writing the specifications resulting from the Marketing/Sales department's brief
- Design/improvement of recipes, manufacturing processes, or packaging (lab, pilot, and industrial trials)
- Training and support for operational teams
- Editing technical documents: recipe sheets, protocols & operating procedures, product technical sheets
- Labeling, nutritional and health claims

✨ I helpwomen, in particular, to regain their digestive, hormonal, and skin balancethrough nutrition and micronutrition.

✨ I leadawareness conferences in companiesfor employee well-being. Vinci, La Sade, and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis trusted me in 2025.

✨ I leadculinary workshops for children(with the association L'école comestible, among others) to introduce, from an early age, the basics of healthy eating in a simple, fun, and delicious way.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Marseille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Montpellier (up to 50km), Avignon (up to 50km)

Experience

  • LES BIEN NOURRIES
    Nutritionist Engineer: Individual Consulting, Corporate Conferences, R&D
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Marseille, France
    ✨ I support companies in the agri-food industry in their **R&D projects**:
    - Writing the project specifications resulting from the Marketing, Sales, or Production department's brief
    - Design/improvement of recipes, manufacturing processes, or packaging (laboratory, pilot, and industrial trials)
    - Training and support for operational teams
    - Editing associated technical documents: recipe sheets, protocols & operating procedures, product technical sheets...
    - Labeling, nutritional and health claims...

    ✨ I also support restaurateurs and communities in designing nutritionally more interesting menus and recipes.

    ✨ I **help women, in particular, to improve their health through nutrition, or to adapt their diet to the major physiological stages of their lives**, such as pregnancy, menopause, and postpartum.

    ✨ I leadconferences and culinary workshopsto raise awareness about the impact of food on well-being in companies. Whether for Quality of Life and Working Conditions (QVCT) initiatives or during team-building seminars, I work throughout France to combine health, pleasure, and daily performance.
    For example, I have already been commissioned by **Vinci, La Sade, and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis**.

    ✨ I lead **culinary workshops for children**, notably with the association L'école comestible and for parents and children. The general objective of these workshops is to discover the basics of healthy eating in a simple, fun, and delicious way, but also to explore how to:
    - Awaken culinary curiosity and creativity!
    - Get hands-on!
    - Taste the dishes prepared together, mindfully!
  • Color Foods
    Research and Development Manager
    October 2016 - February 2022 (5 years and 4 months)
    Marseille, France
    Management of product/process R&D projects (roasting, coating, caramelization, rehydration) and packaging (flexible and rigid) for own brands and distributor brands.

    ✨ Development of new recipes from conception to industrial implementation (laboratory, pilot, and industrial trials), improvement of existing products and processes.

    ✨ Technical support to production/quality teams, sales/marketing departments, and clients.

    ✨ Administrative follow-up of new products, technological, competitive, and regulatory monitoring.

    ✨ Participation in 5 IFS certification renewals.
  • Lucien Georgelin
    Research and Development and Continuous Improvement Manager
    June 2015 - June 2016 (1 year)
    47200 Marmande, France
    Project management across all product ranges (jams, fruit preparations and specialties, compotes, condiments, sauces, ready-to-eat meals, pâtés, spreads, fruit pastes, and candies) for national brands, distributor brands, or private label.

    ✨ Development of new recipes from conception to industrial implementation, improvement of existing products and processes.

    ✨ Technical support to production/quality teams, sales/marketing departments, and clients.

    ✨ Implementation of a new biscuit production line.

    ✨ Administrative follow-up of new products, technological, competitive, and regulatory monitoring.

    ✨ Participation in 2 IFS certification renewals.

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Education

  • Healthy and Sustainable Food
    Institut SiiN
    2024
    Alimentation saine et durable
  • Engineer in Agri-food Industries, Food Formulation
    Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Agroalimentaires (ENSAIA)
    2014
    Ingénieur en Industries Agroalimentaires, Formulation alimentaire

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