Process Technologist (CPF)

Process Technologist (CPF) - Hospitality - UAE
Job No: 4524034
Location: UAE

Role Profile:
Supporting NPD Team to transfer their innovative ideas to production for commercialization. The below Key Performance Areas include but are not limited to:

1. Analyzing process capability and gaps against the new product brief.
2. Writing WI and specification for new products.
3. Recipe and yield validation.
4. Organizing shop floor trials of new products and validation of process parameters.
5. Conducting transit and packaging suitability trials.
6. Managing handover of new products between Operations and NPD team.
7. Investigating insourcing of RF supply chain where appropriate.
8. Collecting trial or first production samples for customers, nutrition, cooking instructions, process meetings, sauce only.
9. Completion of trial and first production reports.
10. Managing and driving cross-functional teams from handover to first productions.
11. Scale-up, start-up, troubleshoot/problem solve and optimize new and existing manufacturing and filling processes for new and existing products.
12. Help define the technical success criteria required for the successful start-up and ongoing production.
13. Proactively work side-by-side with formulators/chemists as well as the manufacturing facilities (Supply Chain) to provide technical expertise in manufacturing and filling processes and equipment.
14. Establish and maintain relationships with the Global Technical Transfer Team colleagues for the successful transfer of products from R&D to the manufacturing facilities.
15. Prepare necessary documents and reports that summarize tests, observations, processing concerns, manufacturing constraints, project progress, recommendations and decisions as finalized.
16. Lead product quality improvement projects.

• Must have a degree in Food Technology.
• Must have knowledge of Food Chemistry.
• Must have knowledge of Food Nutrition.

• Minimum 5 years experience in Food R&D or NPD.

• Influence and negotiation.
• Organization and analysis.
• Attention to detail.
• Communication.