R&d Assoc Manager

Overview:
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**Responsibilities**:
**The Opportunity**

Lead productivity design to value platform and DTV (Design to Value) LAB projects, designing and executing product and process development, executing and facilitator to other business validation protocols and create future pipeline.

**Your Impact**

As** R&D Assoc Manager** your functions would consist of
- To deliver safe, stable, regulation-compliant and correctly targeted products and processes.
- Deliver executional design to value projects in line with marketing strategy and consumer preference from bench top development to scale up trials working together with Field Ready.
- Coordinate communication with other beverage sectors, and sector operations to ensure reporting & understanding of productivity in sector and globally for beverages
- Keep in strict compliance with stage gate (my innovation) and New Product Development processes and aligning adequate priority assignments to each initiative.
- Close interaction with ingredient suppliers (raw materials, new technologies, etc.), providing accurate & brief proposals, reviewing and confirming due specifications and establishing a Quality Vendor agreement (COA/COC).
- Monitor product development process within established schedule and contribute to risk analysis and identification.
- Close interaction with Regulatory and Food Safety to gain time in formulae development and validating labeling information.
- Close collaboration with Analytical Sciences and Microbiology groups to develop raw material specs and processes.

Qualifications:
**¿Who Are We Looking For?**

**Experience**
- **Bachelor’s degree in**Food Science, Food Technology, Food Chemistry, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Chemistry, with **4 to 7 years of experience** in product development; experience in manufacturing or beverages is a plus.
- Knowledge of **Food Safety, GMPs, Quality Systems**, and **Sensory Analysis**; capable of ensuring safe, compliant, and consumer-preferred product designs.
- **Analytical and solution-oriented mindset,**with the ability to identify improvement opportunities, propose technically sound alternatives, and maintain focus on consumer impact.
- Skilled in **project management and cross-functional collaboration**, especially in aligning with regulatory, suppliers, and technical teams to validate processes and specifications.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; **advanced English** proficiency (spoken and written); ability to influence and build trust across functions and levels.

**What can you expect from us**:

- Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
- Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
- Development programs according to Leadership skills.
- Specialized training according to the role.
- Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
- We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
- Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
- A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
- And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.