The Coca-Cola Company's Global Development and Innovation (GDI) center is looking to enhance its beverage portfolio through new product development and improvements to existing products. This role aims to drive innovation, leverage digital tools, and integrate sustainability into the product development process to maintain a competitive edge and meet evolving consumer and market demands.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of beverage development, ingredient knowledge, processing technology (mixing, heat treatment, filling) and industry standards.
- Digital literacy: Advanced digital skills to employ data analytics, AI, and digital prototyping in innovation.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and experimental design.
- Apply statistical methods and design of experiments to enhance product development efficiency and learning.
- Leverage digital tools to document formulas and mixing instructions.
- Integrate sustainability principles and digital tools (e.g., AI, digital prototyping) early in the development process to map impacts and accelerate innovation.
- Harness digital tools, technologies, and platforms to gather insights for product development, such as market trends, consumer preferences, and social media information.
Responsibilities
- Execute new recipe development or adaptations (assigned by and under supervision of manager), ensuring projects meet quality, timing, and budget targets.
- Develop lab-scale prototypes, conduct analytical, sensory tests, facilitate / follow up pilot-scale productions and co-lead with the operating unit the scale up trial run in bottler plants.
- Apply statistical methods and design of experiments to enhance product development efficiency and learning.
- Leverage digital tools to document formulas and mixing instructions.
- Integrate sustainability principles and digital tools (e.g., AI, digital prototyping) early in the development process to map impacts and accelerate innovation.
- Stay informed about emerging risks, especially those related to agricultural ingredient selection and product design, to ensure safety.
- Identify and pilot novel propositions that can give our brands or products a competitive edge.
Other
- Work as part of a cross-functional team (regulatory affairs, quality, global SME’s, marketing) : plan and execute projects to deliver product enhancements and innovations, following stage gate process requirements.
- Report project outcomes, share learnings, participate in cross-functional teams, and provide insights and data to guide decisions and innovations.
- Your effective storytelling and technical communication will bridge technical recommendations with strategic business objectives.
- In-depth understanding of the Coca-Cola’s system dynamics, from bottling/manufacturing operations to global supply chains, and translate trends and the science of taste into compelling product propositions.
- Strong knowledge of bottler capabilities.
- At least 4 years successful product development experience in the beverages industry or 4-6 successful experience in food industry.
- Fluent in English, with proficiency in an additional language preferred.
- Willing to travel up to 20% annually.
- Agility, resilience, and creativity to navigate new product development projects.
- Commitment to sustainability and familiarity with science-based targets for eco-design and supply chain (e.g., tracking ingredient sourcing and lifecycle impacts, and foundational knowledge on circular economy).
- The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
