Assure product designs provide necessary safety & efficacy to deliver the innovative healthy product to the customers.
Validation of product development activities to ensure and incorporate robustness in the formulations with clean labelling and cost-effectiveness.
Conduct scientific assessment and review scientific substantiation to support NPD.
Interact with all scientific sectors (academia, health care professionals, government, and industry peers) to develop and maintain relationships.
Provide leadership to the NPD core team & develop products with budget as well as R&D plans and activities.
Lead the R & D team to design the Paper Formula, Develop Prototype, Scale up, Shelf-Life Study, Sensory, Costing & Commercialize for various Clean & Plant based Products, Dosage format & any new format e.g. (Powder/Solid Dose/Liquids/Other).
Understanding of analytical techniques, their principles, and deciphering the results to product characteristics is a must.
Should have good knowledge about raw material characteristics, handling, and manufacturing technologies of nutritional & wellness product.
Collaborate with Regulatory to prepare quality standards, specifications as per legal and consumer requirements as well as product dossiers to meet regulatory compliance.
Work with manufacturing and QA to ensure that formulas and processes are scaled up to optimum production levels (assist in education and training of production/others).
Providing project status documents that clearly report progress, budgets, issues, and risks as well as analysing information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Participate in the set-up and commissioning of R&D and pilot-scale facilities starting from facility identification up to procurement and installation of equipment and instrumentations.
Capabilities to seamlessly work with cross-functional teams across the organization and third-party manufacturing location.
Support to Clinical Trials and RWE Studies for qualified products.
Collaborate with different teams internally on insights & idea generation activities
Business intelligence on competitive products and technologies.
Apprised with latest, pricing trends of materials & continuously come up with new product/cost optimization ideas, evaluate the ideas and prioritize on NPD feasibility.
Establish, Update & Maintain a network of knowledge resources to get an early advantage of innovation/technology.
Innovative product development knowledge and in-depth understanding of manufacturing processes and efficacy of nutrients in the product.
Must have knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis for the creation of the label claim, recommended daily intake, and doses of the final product.
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships and networks with culturally and technically diverse groups, are required.
Proficient in literature search, evaluation, and integration.
Capability of acquiring new knowledge and technology.
Good organizational skills & team player.
Empowerment: Represent the NPD team with good quality innovative product development-related decisions with stakeholders. Align and focus work to support organizational goals and objectives. Take personal accountability for work and collaborate to deliver results.
Innovation: Generating innovative solutions in product development; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
Teamwork : Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
Information and Idea Sharing: Provides honest, accurate feedback to peers & superiors, openly shares relevant information, and encourages the expression of different points of view.
2-3 years for master’s or 2-5 years for Bachelors (Post Qualification) in Nutrition/ Wellness or FMCG Industrial Environment.
B.Tech. /MTech. or M.Sc. in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Food Science, Food Chemistry or Food Biotechnology.