Product Developer

Calo Inc; Manama; On-site; BHD 12,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Calo Inc. is seeking a Product Developer for the Marketplace team to own one or more CPG product lines from brief to launch and beyond. You will coordinate with NPD, Quality, Design, Supply Chain, Operations, and Marketing to meet deadlines and SLAs, owning timeline, cost, and P&L.

You’ll drive post-launch performance, including sales tracking, margin analysis and decisions to scale or discontinue SKUs, across GCC markets from Bahrain.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in product development or NPD management.
• Experience with manufacturers, co-packers or in-house kitchens.
• Commercial experience owning pricing, cost or P&L for a product line.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Food Science, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Native Arabic speaker, and fluent in English.
• Based in Bahrain.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned CPG lines end to end, from the line brief through launch and post-launch performance across GCC.
• Work with cross functional teams to coordinate launching a star product, up to quality and on time delivery.
• Manage securing the supply for in-house or outsourced products.
• Own the PnL of the assigned CPG lines.
• Track sales, margin and cost after launch, run the post-launch review, and take the call on whether to scale, fix or discontinue each SKU.

Skills

Product development

NPD project mgmt

P&L ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Food Science / Supply Chain

Job description

Job description

About Calo (more here)

Calo is an app providing personalized meal plans for busy people through nutritional algorithms, built with love by chefs, nutritionists, and software engineers.

Launched in Bahrain in 2019, we have since expanded to 6 countries, delivered millions of meals to our customers, and are now expanding our mission of making healthy easy to retail and other verticals.

We're on a noble mission to make healthy easy. We think this is one of the most important problems to tackle in our world today. We have global ambitions - no small thinking here.

Role overview

As a Product Developer on the Marketplace team, you will own one or more of Calo Market’s in-house CPG product lines end to end, from the initial brief to launch and ongoing performance. You won’t do every task yourself: you will lead the teams that do (NPD, Quality, Central Design, Supply Chain, Operations, Distribution and Marketing), set the deadlines, hold each team to its agreed SLA, and own the timeline, quality, cost and P&L of your line, including the decision to scale, fix or discontinue an SKU.

What You’ll Do

• Own assigned CPG lines end to end, from the line brief through launch and post-launch performance across GCC.
• Work with cross functional teams to coordinate launching a star product, up to quality and on time delivery
• Manage securing the supply for in-house or outsourced products
• Own the PnL of the assigned CPG lines.
• Track sales, margin and cost after launch, run the post-launch review, and take the call on whether to scale, fix or discontinue each SKU.

What We’re Looking For

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in product development, category management, private label or NPD project management, ideally in CPG or food & beverage
• A proven track record of taking physical products from concept to shelf
• Experience working with manufacturers, co-packers or in-house kitchens, and with packaging and labelling
• Commercial experience owning pricing, cost or P&L for a product line
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Food Science, Supply Chain or a related field
• Native Arabic speaker, and fluent in English
• Based in Bahrain

Knowledge and competency

• Strong project management: running parallel workstreams against a fixed launch date
• Ability to lead and influence teams you don’t manage directly
• Working knowledge of food product development: recipe scaling, food costing, shelf-life testing and nutritional labelling
• Understanding of packaging development: structure, materials, artwork and lead times
• Familiarity with GCC food regulations and municipality registration is a strong plus
• Commercial and analytical skills: pricing, margin analysis and sales tracking in spreadsheets
• Clear, concise written communication: briefs, handoff packs, status updates and escalations
• Comfortable working in Notion, Slack and Google Workspace

Who You Are

• Ownership mindset: treats the line as their own business
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of the launch date
• Calm under pressure, and raises problems early rather than hiding them
• Pro-active & direct communicator who holds others accountable with respect
• Passionate about health, food and consumer products

The Hiring Journey

• Screening meeting with our TA team
• Technical interview
• Culture-fit interview
• Offer stage