Main Purpose of the role

We are looking for a new colleague who will join our Group R&D; Hard Boiled Candy, Lollipop and Tabs team.

The new colleague will be responsible to drive NPD, Technology Platforms, Value Engineering and Technological support activies of low/medium complexity, under the supervision of the Group R&D; Manager, from formulation development to industrial line start up, ensuring expected consumer product experience and on time delivery.

What you will do

• Participate in new product and process development of the assigned category, in compliance with Group & Local strategies during the whole Stage & Gate process from lab till post launch;

• Design recipes with the supervision of Group R&D; HBC/Tablet Manager. Make sure that new products are aligned with Group R&D; policies regarding ingredients, claims and nutritional contents. Make sure to consider industrial process & machines implications when designing a new product, as well as shelf life stability in the defined packaging format;

• Cooperate to innovate or to improve quality and cost of edible part,



also keeping contacts with external suppliers for identifying new ingredients opportunities;

• Lead the laboratory activities of the assigned category, for new recipes or improvement of existing ones; prepare experiments plan, recipes and procedures; record accurately experimental objectives, methods, results and conclusions;

• Contribute to design new manufacturing line or upgrade/improve the existing, in close cooperation with R&D; Manager, Group Engineering and PEC (Process Excellence Center), starting with process flow chart drafting

• Initiate ideas or participate actively to projects to reduce waste, increase quality and efficiency and monitor execution of existing processes

• Support manufacturing locations in new industrial line startup or production transfers.

• Support PEC with information and brainstorming sessions to optimize new /existing processes

• Prepare technical reports an

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