Manager - PD Crackers

As a Manager PD - Core Bakery in the R&D function at our company, your role will involve the following key responsibilities: - Designing products and services: - Developing new products by understanding marketing briefs, converting them into recipes and specifications, creating concept samples, and conducting feasibility studies. - Sourcing ingredients from suppliers, conducting pilot plant trials, and scaling up production in the actual center to provide samples for market research. - Checking legal compliance, calculating costs, identifying ingredient and equipment requirements. - Coordinating and recommending business partners and vendors for supporting projects and ingredients. - Providing engineering support by identifying technology, suppliers, and equipment manufacturers for equipment and process upgradation. - Supporting engineering in sourcing/developing equipment for new products to ensure availability of appropriate machinery for production. - Market and sell: - Understanding markets through competitor analysis, market intelligence, and collecting competitor samples for analysis. - Validating pilot plant trial findings through market research to ensure products are acceptable in the market. - Manage information resources and technology: - Managing documentation availability and features by preparing product and process standards documents, circulating them to designated teams. - Managing brands through product renovations, technical feasibility, data collection and evaluation, pilot plant trials, and support for timely and successful renovation/innovation of products. - Updating technical documentation regarding recipes and coordinating with support functions for accurate and timely transfer of technical information. Your desired qualifications for this role include: - Post Graduate qualification, preferably in Food Technology and Related Fields. Your desired competencies should include: - Knowledge of Food Products Research and Development, Manufacturing, Regulatory and Quality Assurance. - Team Management Skills including Collaboration, Influencing, and Stakeholder Management. Your ideal experience for this role would be: - 15+ years of experience in Food Science & Technology, preferably in Bakery Products (Product Development or R&D function). Additional experience of 3 - 5 years in Manufacturing/Quality will be preferable. If you have experience in multiple product platforms and new business projects, it will be considered an added advantage.,