The North America Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Coffee team needs a Scientist to lead product development from concept to recipe creation, shaping flavor profiles, ensuring product stability, and managing formula costs. The role also involves driving short- and long-term technical strategies and pioneering new beverage technologies within the global coffee innovation group.
Requirements
- More than 3+ years successful experience in product development in food industry experience (the beverage industry is preferred).
- Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion is ideal
- Product Development
- New Product Development
- Food Sciences
- Manufacturing
- Food Safety and Sanitation
Responsibilities
- Develop formula, select ingredients based on the market needs(fit to concept or performance specifications). And calculate the cost and conduct the stability test and registration work in KO system
- Validate the actual line production feasibility smoothly with commercialization team.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders like commercialization, SRA and brand marketing to execute the development work.
- Support other development work executed by team members.
- Understand IP, Pkg. Process, Micro-control, Quality control and project management with senior developers and manager.
- Participates in team projects, interdepartmental/divisional committees or company-wide initiatives in order to share information, represent the department/division perspective or assist with product development, process modification, package development and marketing.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree(Food Science, Chemistry or related field are preferred) Master’s degree is also preferred
- Language: English=Native level
- Travel Requirements: 10-20% of the time is required for business trip
- COLLABORATE WITH SYSTEM, CUSTOMERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
- ACT LIKE AN OWNER
