PepsiCo is looking to innovate and develop new food products for their Meals portfolio, focusing on translating consumer insights into tangible products that are loved by consumers.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of formulation, scale-up, and commercialization processes
- Experience with sensory testing, rapid prototyping, or culinary-based product development
- Grain ingredient expertise (e.g., oats, pasta, rice)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Culinary creativity, paired with scientific and manufacturing understanding
- End-to-end development ownership: concept, prototyping, scale-up, launch
Responsibilities
- Develop formulations by applying technical expertise in food chemistry, processing, and ingredient functionality
- Scout and evaluate new ingredients, technologies, and suppliers, leveraging internal and external networks
- Design and analyze experiments to inform product and process decisions; translate findings into business-relevant insights
- Manage scale-up efforts for sales samples, shelf-life testing, and commercialization trials at pilot and production facilities
- Own formula and ingredient specification development, ensuring compliance and clarity
- Support economic evaluations related to ingredients, formulations, and feasibility
- Represent R&D in multifunctional business teams and influence decisions through clear, confident communication
Other
- Translate consumer and customer insights into product attributes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Procurement, Co-Manufacturing, Quality, SRA, Legal, Marketing, and Engineering
- Manage multiple innovation workstreams, ensuring alignment on deliverables, resources, and timelines
- Up to 25% travel required
- Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical detail into actionable strategy
