Manager – Current Product Development (NPD) – Beverages & Project Commercialization

Role Purpose
To lead Beverage New Product Development and Project Commercialization (all projects), ensuring successful product development from concept to commercial launch while driving cross-functional project execution, timelines, scale-up, technology transfer, and commercialization.
Location: Lotus Dairy Products Pvt. Ltd. – Manda Plant (Sikar)
Reporting To: Head – New Product Development

Key Responsibilities: -
A. Beverage NPD & Innovation
Lead the development of RTD beverages from concept development through commercial launch.
Develop, optimize, and validate formulations to achieve desired taste, texture, stability, nutritional profile, shelf life, quality, and cost targets.
Lead laboratory, pilot, and plant trials, including scale-up and technology transfer to commercial production.
Evaluate and qualify new ingredients, flavors, stabilizers, emulsifiers, proteins, functional ingredients, and processing technologies.
Conduct sensory evaluation, competitor benchmarking,



product performance evaluation, and shelf-life/stability studies.
Identify and resolve formulation, processing, packaging, and product stability issues through systematic troubleshooting.
Drive product costing, value engineering, and cost optimization without compromising product quality and consumer acceptance.
Ensure compliance with applicable FSSAI and other regulatory requirements throughout the product development process.
Develop and maintain product specifications, formulations, process parameters, trial protocols, and technical documentation.
B. Project Management & Commercialization
Lead end-to-end commercialization projects from approved concept through successful market launch.
Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
Coordinate and drive execution across Marketing, Business Development, Production, QA, Regulatory, Procurement, Engineering, Sup

📌 Manager – New Product Development – Beverages (Sikar)
🏢 Lotus Dairy Products Private
📍 Sikar