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 new 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
- Robust 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
- Work closely with product development and sensory team for the sen

📌 Assistant Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Diageo
📍 Bengaluru