Unilever

Company Name:
Unilever

Job Title:
R&D – Beverages – Executive

Job Location:
Bengaluru Karnataka

Description:

Purpose of the job: To lead Tea innovation for key brands from India – understand key WiMi blends and suggest suitable blends for target markets. Planning and execution of experiments, landing strategic projects for Beverages in UI.

Key Responsibilities
The job will lead all the R&D interventions for UI Tea blends, and value-added tea products (Instant tea/coffee-based products). The job requires collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as TEC (Tea Excellence Centre), Regulatory, Supply chain, Finance, Quality, and HUL R&D, to ensure smooth execution of the innovation pipeline and market delivery.

Core:
Drive & deliver formulation design work for innovations & cost saving initiatives to deliver superior and consumer winning products OTIF
Driving projects on Instant tea/Instant Coffee based premixes, Tea bags, Black & Green tea, R&G Coffee, and Roasted Coffee Beans
Ensuring statutory regulatory & legal compliances for products & process
Responsible for establishing appropriate technology for manufacturing products to specification at lab-scale and pilot-scale
Responsible for scaling up to factory with relevant transfer of technology documentation and training factory team.
Responsible for specification of formulation, process, pack, and Quality Assurance regimes to support / enforce these specs agreed technical action standards.
Conduct shelf-life studies to establish shelf-life of new products and/or intervene through formulation/recipes to enhance shelf-life.

Use appropriate measurement techniques (either existing or develop new techniques) to characterize key attributes of the product
Managing customer complaints (technical aspect) and appreciating their concerns
Anticipate assessment and minimization of environmental, safety, regulatory, PR and competitive challenges
Build and maintain strong networks with cross functional (Brand, SC, CQA etc)
Co-partner relevant functions within R&D – Pkg, Diet & Health, HUL R&D, and Processing team for driving innovation/renovation and VIP projects
Capability
Responsible for risk management, claims and legal compliance with local requirements.
Working knowledge on PLM and FLOF framework
Develop capability to be able to produce finished product of the desired quality with a range of raw materials within the specified range.
Prepare technical dockets for transferring technologies to SC / factories.
Continuously look for / experiment with new technologies /recipes to develop products that offer tangible, new benefits to the consumer.
Track moves by key competition & local players by carrying out competition benchmarking

Required Professional skills

Project management skills and good stakeholder management
Good Verbal/written Communication skills
Dealing with people from multicultural backgrounds.
Multi-tasking ability
Ability to work independently with cross-functional team members
Travelling to target markets/factories
Strong business understanding

Standard of leadership (SOL)

CARE DEEPLY to nurture our tribe and work and win together
FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS – Consumer and customer obsession
STAY THREE STEPS AHEAD to drive hunger for growth
DRIVE WITH EXCELLENCE & Passion for execution
DIGITAL YODA (Digital first)

Education
B. Tech. (Food Technology/Chemical Engineering/Dairy Technology) Or Masters / M. Sc. / M Tech Food Science & Tech. / Chemical Engineering / Food engineering with relevant experience.

Required Experience
3-5 years of experience, preferably in Food/Beverage R&D

Apply here:
https://careers.unilever.com/job/-/-/34155/80301278192