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 explicit 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