About the Job – Assistant Manager – Nutrition Science – ITC Limited Bangalore
Job Description
Purpose of Job
To provide, maintain & monitor nutrition science support to the ITC Food division in all the I&R projects
To develop & be accountable for science-based nutrition policies to meaningfully provide brand claim & product development support, keeping the current regulatory, legal, R&D and brand environment in mind.
To drive the nutrition-based Innovation pipeline to support business propositions across categories with consumer at its heart.
To create a healthy partnership with relevant stakeholders (internal & external) to strengthen the brand proposition.
Responsibilities
To provide clear nutritional recommendations consistent with product positioning and target consumers.
To find science based, innovation led ideas to meaningfully increase the nutritional value of our products whilst improving taste.
Responsible to provide scientific input for nutritional communication on pack, internet, leaflets and contribute to the development of nutritional communications and tools for medical targets (dieticians, clinicians etc.)
To develop & drive, nutritional competitive advantage in a meaningful and appropriate way.
To assist corporate affairs/ CSV/CSR initiatives by assisting communities & consumers to help make meaningful, informed food choices & their health benefits.
Help the BUs interpret scientific nutritional facts into consumer communication.
Responsible for Co–ordinating and participating in the cross-functional team meetings and pro-actively supporting and driving improvement decisions and actions for product renovations.
Conduct nutritional training within the division e.g. workshops for Marketing and basic nutrition training courses for all other functions
Responsible for organizing internal activation to keep Nutrition science top of mind.
To develop a scientific close community group for external alignment on key science topics.
To Support the R&D initiatives for clinicals, pre-clinicals, epidemiological data set work.
Requirements
Skills & Knowledge Requirements
Minimum Masters in Foods & Nutrition or similar degree from a reputed university.
Industry experience of min 7-10 years in similar FMCG arena.
Background – from Nutrition/Regulatory/medical departments of FMCG groups.
Technical / Functional knowledge
Updated knowledge on current trends in Nutrition, Food laws / FSSAI, Understanding of the Regulatory & legal Environment- both at local and global levels.
To be part of strong scientific and nutrition community to support innovation-based product ideas.
Strong scientific background on scientific publications, design of experiments, clinicals.
Working knowledge of the real time NPD cycle with ownership of various gates/stages with clear accountabilities and responsibilities.
