R&d Prod Dev Sr Associate
3 weeks ago
Responsibilities: This role is in the Global Product Function team based in Beaumont Park. The team is focused on developing a pipeline of product innovation to drive business growth initiatives, and delivering product-related execution for vegetable snacks scale-up and commercialisation. This role is accountable to lead the development of culinary prototypes to drive project engagement within the broader organisation and generate consumer insights vital to shape business growth opportunities. Depending on the stage of the project, the role will also take accountability for defined aspects of product scale-up from kitchen to manufacturing scale. This requires high levels of creativity, backed up with solid food science, organizational and communication skills.
The job holder will lead key workstreams in product design development and scale-up to pilot plant production, with considerable empowerment to scope, plan & execute trials and studies, including oversight of junior colleagues.
**Accountabilities**:
- Leads product development activities in kitchen, working against defined targets
- Coordinates development activities across available resources including BP-based technical staff, PepsiCo global culinary colleagues and external culinary resources
- Identifies & sources raw materials needed for prototyping activities
- Calculates ingredient declaration, nutritional and environmental status of product designs and identifies/evaluates improvement approaches
- Ensure compliance of products with regulatory & food safety requirements needed for sensory/consumer testing and line of sight to scale-up
- Compile summaries of innovation prototypes in a format to be shared with colleagues and stakeholders
- Deliver prototypes for sample showcases, with suitable presentation materials - presenting to peers and senior colleagues as required
- Define specifications for ingredients and finished products in readiness for scale-up from kitchen to pilot-scale
- Translate product design requirements into essential components of production quality system and process control specifications
- Monitor key culinary trends and identify opportunities to transfer insights into product designs
- Build & leverage network of internal and external collaborators to support project work and personal growth
- Identify or develop suitable tools to catalogue HB prototype library and maintain in order to support development Manages analyses and evaluation of products, working together with TDC colleagues; applies sound food science principles to interpret and define responsive actions
Qualifications:
- **Education level and years of experience**:First Degree or equivalent in a Food Science or Chemistry-related discipline. At least 12 months experience working in a commercial culinary-related role preferred but not essential.
- Self-starter with strong self-motivation to drive for results in an innovative, inquiring and scientifically robust manner - able to deal with uncertainty and complexity
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and negotiate effectively across all functions of the organisation
- Excellent presentation skills (written & verbal)
- Strong analytical skills - ability to interpret complex data and distil into useful and actionable information.
- Ability to explain complex technical issues/solutions to a non-technical audience.
- Strong intellectual curiosity
- Strives for high standards, seeks innovative solutions, drives continuous improvement of products, processes or methods and demonstrates a high degree of intellectual curiosity
- Passion for creativity, innovation and processing technology within a commercially driven environment
**Differentiating Competencies Required**
- Passion for culinary creativity and food science, and a drive to combine the two
- Strong project management skills in a research environment
- Capability to concisely communicate ideas and hypotheses to senior leaders on occasion
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