R&D Manager - Health & Wellness Food FMCG.

Position title : R&D Manager

Locations : Jaipur/Gurgaon

Reporting to : Business Head

Education : Graduate with relevant experience.

Roles and Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for

• Develop product formulations for our Health and Nutrition business for both domestic and overseas markets.
• Responsible to bring and develop new concepts /products / new solutions to customers/market by understanding market trends,customer expectations.
• Work on continuous product improvements both on process and cost efficiencies.
• Setting up the R&D Facility for the Food Nutrition business
• Support production and QA/QC in case of troubleshooting and resolving customer complaints.
• Optimizing the NPD from Concept to Finalisation for the Nutrition Facts, Sensory Evaluation, Shelf Life Study, and other Product Claims.
• Need to work closely with the Marketing and Sales team (B2B and B2C) and understand their requirement, develop the prototype product as per Specs/Benchmark product and conduct the trial evaluation.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance (FSSAI, FDA, USDA, Vegan, Organic & Various industry standards)
• Implementation of Food Labelling as per Regulations
• Lead the Quality Assurance for the business and lay the process of GMP, HACCP, TQM & other quality assurance systems for setting up a processing plant.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor/Master's Degree in Food Technology / Pharma
• About 8-12years of hands-on relevant experience in R&D / NPD, QA & Food Safety in the Food / Nutrition Industry.
• Hand-on experience in taking products from Lab to Pilot to Commercial Production.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹420,000.00 - ₹960,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person