30 Oct
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Agrizy
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Bengaluru
About The Company
Agrizy is a fast-growing agrifood-tech startup revolutionizing the food processing industry through its CRDMO platform. We partner with leading food brands and a nationwide network of manufacturers to accelerate product innovation, commercialization, and supply chain excellence—helping shape the future of food.
Key Responsibilities
• New Product Development (NPD)
• Lead end-to-end development of convenience food and beverage products—from concept to commercialization.
• Develop innovative formulations based on customer briefs, market trends, and business needs.
• Optimize recipes for taste, nutrition, shelf life, functionality, and cost efficiency.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking to identify innovation opportunities.
• Prototype and present solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
• Commercialization & Scale-up
• Drive pilot trials and commercial production runs at manufacturing partner facilities.
• Ensure seamless technology transfer from lab-scale development to full-scale production.
• Standardize manufacturing processes, parameters, and product specifications.
• Resolve technical challenges during scale-up and commercialization.
• Coordinate successful first commercial production runs.
• Customer & Cross-functional Collaboration
• Partner with Sales and Business Development to understand and translate customer requirements.
• Participate in customer meetings, presentations, and technical discussions.
• Provide end-to-end technical support across the product development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Manufacturing partners to ensure successful launches.
• Quality & Regulatory Compliance
• Ensure compliance with FSSAI and all applicable food safety regulations.
• Develop product specifications, SOPs, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Coordinate stability studies and shelf-life validation.
• Maintain consistent product quality during commercialization. Qualifications &
Experience:
- Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 5–10 years of hands-on experience in Food R&D;, with demonstrable expertise in recent product development (NPD) and successful commercialization.
• Proven experience developing and launching convenience food and beverage products—this is mandatory.
• Strong understanding of food formulation, process optimization, and sensory evaluation.
• Experience working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments with direct accountability for project outcomes. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in FMCG, food manufacturing, CDMO/CRDMO, contract manufacturing, or food ingredient companies.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks beyond FSSAI (e.g., export markets, FDA, EFSA)
Skills:
new product development,food technology,commercialization,r&d;
📌 R&D Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Agrizy
📍 Bengaluru