Assistant Manager – Research & Innovation – Danone Lalru Punjab India

About the Job – Assistant Manager – Research & Innovation – Danone Lalru Punjab India

Job Summary

About the job

To be based out at Factory and be R and I interface with D2D
Strong cross functional team player with good communication and leadership skills.
Part of PSQC projects, execute strategic factory projects, for countries such as India, SEA and Europe.
R & I SPOC for factory trials with PCM as lead.
Lead and manage R & I lab
Collaborate and provide inputs / technical expertise to factory Process Technologist on R & I related topic.

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsible for the timely delivery of assigned projects related to innovation, renovation, secure supply, value optimization and quality improvement projects.
Responsible for right execution of end-to-end product development activities including formulation development, pilot & plant trials, shelf-life study, sensory evaluation, technology transfer and R&I documentation (specifications, protocols, reports etc.)
Independently prepares project approach & plan, design of experiments, R&I activity timelines, risk assessment & mitigation plan.
Design formulation of products that meet the agreed nutritional profile, the regulatory standards and Danone tolerance limits; achieve the cost targets and the taste requirements of the target consumers.
Develop ingredients that are compliant to the requirements of Danone ingredient standards by working collaboratively with the specification manager and quality team
Maintains the ingredient database of supplier COA, analysis results, FSV and nutritional profile.
Define risks, opportunities and way forward for critical issues related to food safety, quality and regulation.
Develop, bench test (lab / pilot), scale up and commercialize, ensuring that new and reformulated products are successfully implemented on the production scale and that targeted product performance is achieved.
Design and follow stability study to assess the shelf life of products.
Estimate the development costs required for the project assigned and monitor that the spends for the project are within the budget assigned.
Manage assigned projects by ensuring that all the mandatory process steps as per the stage-gate methodology are followed.
Cultivate an innovative mindset – Follow product trends and ingredient / technology developments in the nutritional food business and help translate these into new product & project ideas.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (health care nutrition, marketing, operations and quality) and with external partners (suppliers, external labs, 3rd party sites) while driving projects activities.
Identify and drive efficiencies in Material and factory processes
Manage R and I shelf-life Lab at Lalru
Manage Shelf life plan for SN projects and shelf life sample plan for HA projects.
Forecast and track Lalru R and I budget

About You

Targeted profile Required

Dairy Technology / Food Technology with 4-8 years’ experience in the field of product development, Process development, Specification management, R & I Lab management etc. Experience in the field of baby nutrition is an added advantage.
Proficient in Excel and good at powder point.
From Nutrition / Food / Dairy / FMCG companies

About Us

Danone is a world leading food company built on three business lines; Specialized Nutrition, Waters and Fresh Dairy Products. Danone’s mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodiesDanone is committed to create and live an inclusive & diverse environment, which will drive our growth as a business, as teams, as members of communities & as individuals. Valuing diversity is recognizing and respecting human differences and similarities. Our aim is to ensure that all employees and applicants are given equal opportunity and that our organization is representative of our consumers and societyWe commit to foster an inclusive working environment where we celebrate all types of diversity, both visible and invisible, which includes age, race, gender, nationality, disability, background, education, religion, beliefs, thinking style, perspectives and sexual orientationWe believe that our differences will make the differenceFor more information, please visit our website at careers.danone.com/isea