- Lead end-to-end product development for convenience food and beverage products from concept to commercialization.
- Develop innovative formulations based on customer briefs, market trends, and business requirements.
- Optimize recipes for taste, nutrition, shelf life, functionality, and cost.
- Conduct product benchmarking and competitive analysis to identify innovation opportunities.
- Develop prototypes and present product solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
2. Commercialization & Scale-up
- Drive pilot trials and commercial production trials at manufacturing partner facilities.
- Ensure smooth technology transfer from laboratory development to commercial manufacturing.
- Standardize manufacturing processes, process parameters, and product specifications.
- Resolve technical issues during production scale-up and commercialization.
- Coordinate successful first commercial production runs.
3. Customer & Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Sales and Business Development teams to understand customer requirements.
- Participate in customer meetings, product presentations,
and technical discussions.
- Provide technical support throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Manufacturing partners to ensure successful product launches.
4. Quality & Regulatory
- Ensure products comply with FSSAI and applicable food safety regulations.
- Develop product specifications, SOPs, BOMs, and technical documentation.
- Coordinate product stability studies and shelf-life validation.
- Ensure consistent product quality during commercialization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 510 years of experience in Food R&D; with significant exposure to Current Product Development and Commercialization.
- Experience in Convenience Foods and Beverages is mandatory.
- Experience in FMCG, Food Manufacturing, CDMO/CRDMO, Contract Manufacturing, or Food Ingredient companies is preferred.