Senior Manager, Product Development

**What You’ll Do for Us**
- Development of lab scale prototypes, producing pilot plans for both beverage-based parts and final products. Prepares beverages and conducts analytical tests on taste and/or odor according to sensory guidelines, including qualifying taste panelists.
- Designs, produces, and evaluates/assesses, through lab testing, a product prototype/sample against technical requirements, fit to concept or performance specifications.
- Provides expertise and recommendations of best practices for production of beverage-based part or finished products during production trials with the plants or bottling partners, which includes consulting line managers as appropriate on milestones and general guidelines and proactively provides advice inside & outside R&D community.
- Performs chemical analyses using instrumental methods to determine the composition of samples and prepares samples and sampling plan for ingredients, intermediate or finished products, or other materials to perform analyses.
- Designs, develops, conducts and/or reviews experiments to deliver new products and evaluates ingredient, product or packaging safety, efficacy, or claims; or evaluate new ingredients, materials, products, or processes.
- Writes detailed & accurate reports for analyses, experiments, or projects. Gathers and organizes information under tight timelines to support senior management's decision-making.
- Participates in team projects, interdepartmental/divisional committees, or company-wide initiatives to share information, represent the department/division perspective or assist with product development, process modification, package development and marketing.
- Works on product development projects assigned by line manager from idea generation to formula finalization through close discussion and alignment with Technical and Marketing team and all other stakeholders.
- Leverages prior education, suppliers, and literature to innovate within scope of briefs provided by other technical experts or supervisor.
- Applies food science knowledge of ingredients, packaging, processing to assure safe and high-quality products.
- Participates in commercialization scale test at manufacturing line with QA and commercialization team if needed.
- Leads project meetings within the category, cross-functionally with marketing, customer management or technical groups. Manages, coaches, and trains students, technicians, or junior developers on specific project/tasks

**Qualification & Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry or related field is required, Master’s degree or PHD is preferred
- 5+ years successful experience in product development in the beverage industry.
- Ingredients: Knowledge of and experience with key ingredients used in production of concentrates and beverage bases (e.g., caramel, citric acid, sodium benzoate, phosphoric acid, natural flavors).
- Basic Flavor Chemistry: General knowledge of the organic chemistry of essential oils and other flavor compounds relevant to Company products.
- Flavor Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of flavoring materials, the flavor industry and the trade organizations that represent them.
- Computer Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), formula/database type systems, and capable user.
- Basic Organic Chemistry: Knowledge of basic organic structures, reactions, functional groups and properties needed to understand the reactions of organic compounds in Company products. This includes the understanding of moderately complex principles to problem-solve package or ingredient related issues.
- Endurance: Willingness and ability to occasionally function effectively over extended periods of time. Ability to be flexible and adjust priorities based on business needs.

**What We Can Do **For** You**
- ** Purpose Driven**:Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products.
- ** Global Connections**: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others.
- ** Community of Belonging**: We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work.

**Skills**

Chemistry; Product Development; Leadership; Continual Improvement Process; Environmental Science; Researching; Microbiology; Project Management; Food Sciences; Food Technology; Communication; Laboratory Testing; Quality Control (QC); Green Solutions; Food Safety Management; Sensory Testing; Data Collections
**Our Purpose and Growth Culture**:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our bus