Key Responsibilities:
- Execute market studies and define areas of focus
- Build up and maintain product and industry know-how and use this knowledge to generate new products
- Translate customer requirements into product development specifications.
- Discuss with Technology Management the plant and process requirements for producing new products or grades
- Maintain contacts with equipment suppliers in order to ensure the development of new equipment or the adaptation of existing equipment for the production of new products
- Coordinate regulatory affairs in order to obtain approval for the product
- Propose and, after approval, execute Product Development Projects
- Guide and support Pilot Plant Production, scale increase and production of new products
- Contribute to Research & Development and Marketing & Sales in setting up innovation programs
- Report general trends in product development and report on progress of own projects
Requirements:
- MSc in Food Science & Technology or a related field with a focus on food technology
- Required level of Professional Experience:A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a product developer in a relevant industry eg: food processing, dairy, nutritional food, cereal processing
- Broad knowledge of relevant industry, products and applications
- Broad knowledge of production methods used in the food or nutritional industry (including raw materials, nutrition, sensory, technology and processing)
- Up-to-date knowledge of the food retailing market (eg: market analysis, food trade shows, competitor analysis, analysis of all available media data