Job Description
The Product Development Supervisor’s responsibilities will be as follows:• Continuously enhance knowledge about raw materials and product formulation to increase department efficiency.• Transfer technical knowledge to the product developers.• Ensure regular communication with sales team to understand priorities of development task.• Handle the technical part of the company’s relationship with raw materials suppliers. Make full use of their technical support to ensure transfer of knowledge to the company.• Ensure necessary raw materials are available in the laboratory.• Develop products and application recipes to answer the needs of customers through thorough understanding of tasks (Asana) and communication with sales team.• Ensure alignment with the sales team in understanding of the project.• Screen and identify the right raw materials for an optimized collection.• Optimize use of raw materials based on a combination of technical efficiency, cost efficiency and availability.• Develop a fine pallet for food and beverage taste profiles (benchmark) to develop relevant products.• Consider all taste, regulatory, quality, commercial and efficiency parameters when developing products.• Develop project plan and coordinate other resources to achieve goals (customer adoption).• Design and execute trials, analyse and interpret data to make technical decisions for projects.• Ensure training and transfer of specification knowledge to quality and production team.• Support quality and production team to resolve ingredient, formula, process issues and manage product/process changes.• Collaborating with cross-functional teams on implementing new equipment and processes.
The ideal candidates will have the following profile:• 5 years of experience in Research & Development or Product Development• 3 years of experience in the Flavours industry.• Applications experience in beverages, confectionary, dairy or sweet goods.• Strong passion for food innovation and product development.• A self-motivated, independent individual with strong communication skills.
On offer, will be a competitive salary and an excellent package
