Executive - NPD

• Role Summary:

1. Product Development and Commercialization.

• Prototype preparation in lab for Standardization of recipes as per product brief given.
• Cooking validation studies for new products.
• Feasibility study for new products on line and Commercialization in different plants.
• Line trials conduction for new product before commercial production and records
• Line product yield study for costing.
• New Raw material or raw material from new vendor analysis and reports
• Raw material evaluation, specs review for new product development.
• Updating ops team on new projects

2. NPD/Existing products:

• Ensure that NPD projects are delivered within timeline
• Liaising with Projects, Marketing, SCM, M&E & Packaging team for various outputs required for business at the time of the NPD trials, planning, agreement, stabilization, material scheduling, and finalization of process loss for different products.
• Supporting in developing process, introduce new technologies, selecting & commissioning of equipment, organize trials, and organize documentation & validation to get the site approved & thereafter commercialization of projects.

• Qualification & Experience:

• Food technologist (CFTRI or equivalent)
• Added advantage if the candidate has an exposure in Frozen Food Commercialization.
• Should be comfortable working in cross functional groups.
• The person appointed will not have any direct reports and will work through other departments or vendors team.
• Some exposure in this kind of working will be of an added advantage.
• Should be willing to travel extensively
• 3 - 5 years work experience in the packaged food industry within R&D/NPD departments.