This role will assist the Specifications Management teams located in Hyderabad Business Services (HBS) to ensure exceptional service is provided in support of R&D; Spec Management globally. This role will apply technical expertise and coordinate with in-market and GBS employees, as well as external resources when required, to develop clear and concise Formula, Ingredient and/or Packaging specifications, maintain existing specs and supplier relationships, and manage tracking and uploading into relevant systems.
Responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities
- Leverage internal and external resources to develop or update existing ingredient and/or packaging specifications that are explicit, concise, and accurate from spec readiness to supplier commercial qualification approval
- Learn, understand, and uphold Ingredient, Supplier, Third Party, Formula, and/or Beverage/Food Packaging Standards
- Dependent on team arrangement, may be mentored, take guidance and produce work to be checked by a Spec Writing Snr Analyst
- Maintain and foster relationships with in-market R&D; spec teams, other spec GBS teams, and external suppliers
- Interact with and provide support to all disciplines to ensure complete and accurate specification. These stakeholders could include some or all of the following: Product Development (PD), Food Safety (FS), Regulatory Affairs (RA), Quality Assurance (QA), Procurement, Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA)
- Manage Supplier relationships and serve as point of contact to gather information/data needed to build specifications; complete timely follow-ups to keep the process moving to completion
- Collect supplier questionnaire and manage supplier alignment on spec details
- For certain Specifications (eg. Foods & Beverages) initiate material testing requests and validate specification quality parameters
- Maintain and update existing specs to ensure compliance with standards
- Upload all paperwork (re. Supplier Specs) and materials qualifications in