Product Development Scientist

Title: Product Development Scientist

Suggested Grade: Individual contributor role

Minimum Qualification & Experience:

• Food Technology/Dairy Technology/Oils and Fats Technology with 4 – 8 years of experience in nutritional product development.
• Experience in Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Uses and Medical Nutrition.
• Preferred additional experience in product formats like Premixes, bakery, healthy bar, biscuits, confectionery, chocolate development & breakfast formats, Ready to Eat, Ready to drink, Ready to Prepare formats
• Other requirements – familiar with manufacturing operations like spray drying, dry mixing, encapsulation techniques, liquids & beverages, etc.

Critical Skills Required:

1. Should have good understanding of manufacturing processes, various food processing technologies, especially those used in powder products like spray drying, dry mixing, gummies, and other relevant products.
2. Good understanding of various ingredients & their properties, interactions, sensitivities and nutritional values.
3. Thorough knowledge in formulation development, chemistry and recipe design and calculations
4. Well-versed in planning, arranging and conducting trials, from lab to pilot, plant scale up trials
5. Good working knowledge of project management, and working in structured product development process. Familiar with NPD process.
6. Familiar with national and international regulatory bodies like FSSAI, EFSA, USFDA, Codex etc.
7. Knowledge of FSSAI standards, BIS norms, food laws and regulations in India.
8. Knowledge of sensory evaluation and model of CPT for product evaluation.
9. Able to create raw material specifications looking at FCC, IP, BP, USP, FSSAI standards etc.
10. Proven record of working with cross functional teams.
11. Proven record of launching at least 2-3 products in India Market.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for formulation development activities, day to day execution of product developmental activities, procurement of new ingredients, vendor development, maintenance of lab equipment and resources as per Product brief meeting the Nutritional and Regulatory requirements.
2. Execute Product Development activities at Lab for the given formulations and guidelines. Develop prototypes in the lab based on feedback, and ensure standardization of the formulations and prototypes for commercialization.
3. Execute process transfer and validate the process at plant level during pilot testing and subsequent commercialization.
4. Optimize and scale-up manufacturing operations for new products to support the commercialization of new products.
5. Ensure the execution of the formulation related activities as per plans and within the defined timelines.
6. Work with cross-functional teams on the smooth execution of new products.
7. Create a knowhow of product formats and technology and help in trouble shooting
8. Responsible for the timely and right execution of product development activities including formulation development, pilot & plant trials, shelf-life study, sensory evaluation, technology transfer and R&D documentation (Raw material and Finished Product specifications, protocols, reports etc.)
9. Working in projects in which basic knowledge of dairy, emulsion, drying, nutrition, process and sensory technology is required.
10. Right first time and QbD mindset, result driven, analytic and accurate.
11. Conduct wet-mix simulation in lab to develop manufacturing process with support of team.
12. Understand and summarize behaviors of different raw materials/ingredients during wet mix simulation.
13. Work closely with flavor houses to develop flavors in line with product matrix.
14. Responsible for maintaining QA compliance to process and requirements for the end to end value chain in product development.

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