NPD Executive – Zippy Edible Products Pvt Ltd Jaspur Uttarakhand

About the Job – NPD Executive – Zippy Edible Products Pvt Ltd Jaspur Uttarakhand

Job Profile

Incepted in 2015 as a Dry Pasta & Vermicelli Manufacturer, Zippy Edibles began its operations with an understanding that food brands needed a trustworthy manufacturing partner who cared for the quality of products that they would proudly like to own. We have since expanded our pasta/vermicelli operations at Jaspur, Uttarakhand to include dry pasta, gluten-free pasta and instant pasta, which are all European and BRC-certified.

With an understanding that some customers are looking for off the shelf products, while others are looking for proprietary formulations, Zippy has set up a pilot scale pasta facility to mimic our production scale setup to work closely with clients, and develop a wide range of in-house products to showcase the possibilities of innovative food products.

We are looking for R&D executives who can develop formulations and process parameters for innovative pasta, vermicelli and extruded rice products for our existing wide range of machines, including and not limited to instant cup pasta, cup kheer, high nutrition extruded rice, and gluten-free pasta. Due to the uniqueness of our setup in India, these will most likely be one of its kind products available in the Indian market.

Key Responsibilities:

Willing to work outside the comforts of the lab and on the production floor for guiding pilot-scale extruder trials.
Timely and right execution of product development activities including formulation development, sensory evaluation & R&D documentation.
Required to coordinate with flavor houses, clients and in-house staff and iterate as required.
Able to understand and communicate to clients matters pertaining to product development.
Able to handle basic quality related tasks as per FSSAI such as nutritional labeling, detailing existing processes, sample management etc.

Qualifications:

Familiar with, Product / Process / Technology development, Production, Quality & food safety
Should be B. Tech. or M. Tech. in Food technology from a reputed institute/ university.
Possess excellent interpersonal, analytical, troubleshooting skills.
2-6 years experience in food, preferably in R&D, or good understanding of food science.
Experience in developing products for sensory evaluation
Salary competitive with industry standards for your experience