Product Development Scientist / Food Scientist
UAE, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Posted Date
4 months ago
Location
United Arab Emirates
Discipline
FMCG
Job Reference
30781
Salary
0.0
Product Development Scientist
Accountabilities
- Lead appropriate product development lab work, including timely development of bench-top prototypes, implementation and maintenance of stability testing, and support scale-ups for commercialization under Nutrition and Food platform
- Co lead the back end grains supply chain to successfully meet processing challenges and ensuring sustainable and consistent pulp/juice quality
- Lead the flavour development program for R&D Hot Creals with appropriate learning\xe2\x80\x99s in Flavour tools and techniques to ensure quality, speed and cost of flavour work with Flavour partners
- Accountable for monitoring quality in market and supporting development to ensure compliance.
- Collaborate with Nutrition Science and Regulatory functions and accurately implement guardrails and targets in advance of project delivery . Display advanced level of understanding in these areas
- Employ experimental design and statistical processes to provide robust formulation support by conceptualizing and preparing laboratory/pilot/plant scale protypes adequately iterating on product attributes basis analytical and sensory evaluation
- Rigorously implementing basic Project management tools in all areas of product development work. (TSG, accolade, FSS etc)
- Integrate Consumer test results with key product deliverables and provide technical guidance and bench development for targeted development initiatives
- Ensure accurate processes for preparation, sampling and codification for analytical and sensory evaluations and interpretation of results
- Ensure clear work prioritisation and action plans for self basis changing business strategies and establish responsibilities for cross functional support areas and monitor progress.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal , including documenting work/ programs accurately and timely into appropriate formats ( eg. laboratory notebooks)
- Utilization of interpersonal skills to work effectively within teams and cross-functions including International PD teams.
Key Skills/Experience Required
Experience and Qualification
- MS in a Food Science & Technology or related scientific field with > 6 years experience
- A proven track record in product development preferably in Grains (Oats)
Knowledge & Experience
- Advanced knowledge of Product Development formulating
- Leverage understanding of key business drivers, technical nuances in own area to get results.
- Develop agenda for projects activities and drive execution.
- Translate strategies into plans that can be effectively executed.
- Knowledge about Food products processing and challenges.
- Experience of working in FMCG sector essential with advanced knowledge of food science , process technology and understanding of nutrition and regulations
- Creative ability and ability to provide thought leadership on tactical aspects of projects
- Outstanding team working and excellent communication skills
- Ability to accurately analyze and communicate implications of experimental results
Differentiating Competencies Required
Skills and Behavioral Attributes
- Communicate persuasively to win support
- Good project management and data interpretation skills
- Cross functional team-working and taking people along for execution of project activity.
- Ability to reference and benchmark
- Take appropriate and well reasoned risks.
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1485071
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationUAE, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned