Job Description :

Job Title

Assistant Manager - Liquid Commercialization

About the Role

Role Profile – Blend Specialist (Liquid Commercialization)

Role Purpose

The Blend Specialist is responsible for commercialization of recent and the current blends for innovation/renovation/BAU as per the business KPIs in all the selected bottling sites.

The role requires managing multiple complex projects liquid commercialization includes different alcoholic, low alcoholic and non-alcoholic liquids, .

The specialist acts as a technical expert within cross-functional teams, influencing blending process development, blend calculation, BOM creation, blend optimization, and commercialization while ensuring sensorial quality and consistency of the commercial batches as per reference standards / gold standards.

Required Qualifications

*Education* : Master’s in: Alcohol Technology, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Technology, Bio technology or any other similar areas

*Experience*

· Minimum 5 years’ experience in: Distillery operations, Blending, Quality,



Product development and liquid commercialization at large scale

· Proven experience in leading technical projects through POC, commercialization of food and beverages category

Key Responsibilities

1. Blending and liquid development

· Perform blending at both laboratory and commercial scale.

· Conduct blend re-engineering to optimize cost, quality, or ingredient availability.

· Prepare and approval revised formulations for commercialization and 1st batch production

· Manage liquid crafting / optimization liquids to convert concept liquids into commercial feasible formulation

2. Process - Distillation & Maturation Expertise

· Strong understanding of spirit production processes:

. Distillation

. Maturation

. Spirit processing, filtration etc.

· Knowledge of ingredients, additives, and maturation influences in liquid development.

3. Sensory & Consumer Insight Integration

· Apply advanced sensory evaluation sk

📌 Assistant Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Diageo Hellas
📍 Bengaluru