FMCG Product Developer

Alienkind; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alienkind is seeking an experienced FMCG Product Developer to join our Product & Innovation team in Bengaluru. You will own end-to-end product development from concept to commercialisation, focusing on innovative food products for leading brands.

You will coordinate with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and internal teams; conduct trials, ensure regulatory compliance, shelf life, and cost targets while maintaining high-quality standards.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of proven FMCG product development experience.
• B.Tech / M.Tech in Food Technology or related field.
• Hands-on recipe development, formulation, and product trials.
• Experience taking products from concept to commercial launch.
• Strong knowledge of FSSAI, safety, labeling, and regulatory standards.
• Experience with shelf-life studies and scale-up.

Responsibilities

• Develop unique FMCG products based on consumer trends and brand needs.
• Convert insights into commercially viable concepts.
• Conduct trials, sensory evaluations, and optimise formulations.
• Coordinate with manufacturers and suppliers during scale-up.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and accurate documentation.
• Manage cost targets and identify cost-optimisation opportunities.

Skills

FMCG product development

recipe development

formulation

regulatory compliance

shelf-life studies

project management

costing

tech transfer

Education

B.Tech / M.Tech in Food Technology

Tools

Food processing technologies

Job description

Alienkind is looking for an experienced and highly creative FMCG Product Developer to join our Product & Innovation team. The ideal candidate should have a strong and proven track record of developing successful FMCG food products, preferably with experience working with established and reputed FMCG brands. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can go beyond executing briefs — someone who can identify opportunities, create unique product concepts, curate recipes, conduct trials, solve technical challenges, and take products from an initial idea to commercialisation.The candidate should have strong technical knowledge of food formulation, processing, shelf life, food safety, regulatory compliance, and commercial-scale product development.

Key Responsibilites:

• Develop unique and differentiated FMCG food products based on consumer trends, market opportunities, and brand requirements.
• Convert consumer and market insights into commercially viable product concepts.
• Research emerging ingredients, flavours, formats, technologies, and product categories.
• Develop products with a strong point of differentiation in the market.
• Work on both line extensions and completely new product concepts.

2. Recipe & Formulation Development

• Create, curate, and optimise recipes and formulations for FMCG products.
• Conduct multiple rounds of product trials and sensory evaluations.
• Standardise recipes with precise ingredient specifications, processing parameters, and yields.
• Optimise products for taste, texture, appearance, stability, nutrition, cost, and scalability.
• Develop formulations suitable for commercial manufacturing and large-scale production.
• Work closely with contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, packaging partners, and internal teams.
• Conduct pilot and production-scale trials and troubleshoot technical issues during scale-up.
• Ensure consistency between R&D samples and final commercial production.
• Prepare detailed product specifications, formulations, and manufacturing documentation.

4. Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure products comply with applicable FSSAI regulations and food standards.
• Ensure formulations consider permitted ingredients, additives, nutritional claims, allergen declarations, labelling requirements, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate with Quality and Regulatory teams for product approvals and documentation.
• Maintain accurate records of formulations, product specifications, trials, and product changes.

5. Shelf Life & Quality

• Develop products with appropriate shelf-life requirements from the formulation stage.
• Coordinate shelf-life and stability studies.
• Identify and resolve issues related to microbial stability, oxidation, texture, colour, flavour, and product deterioration.
• Establish product quality parameters and acceptable specifications.

6. Costing & Commercial Viability

• Develop formulations within defined product cost targets.
• Conduct recipe and ingredient costing.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation without compromising product quality.
• Evaluate alternative ingredients, suppliers, and processes where required.
• Track FMCG trends, competitor products, consumer preferences, and emerging categories.
• Benchmark competing products and identify opportunities for differentiation.
• Identify market gaps and convert them into commercially viable product opportunities.
• Bring fresh, unconventional, and commercially relevant ideas to the innovation pipeline.

What we're looking for:

• Has successfully developed and launched FMCG products.
• Can independently take ownership of a product from a blank sheet of paper to the market.
• Has a strong creative instinct and constantly thinks about what can be created that is genuinely new and differentiated.
• Is equally comfortable working in an R&D environment, commercial kitchen, manufacturing facility, and with suppliers.
• Can balance innovation with taste, cost, scalability, shelf life, and regulatory compliance.
• Is highly detail-oriented with recipes, specifications, documentation, and product quality.
• Is comfortable working on challenging briefs with ambitious timelines.
• Has the technical depth and creativity to solve complex product development challenges

Key Requirements:

• 6–8 years of proven experience in FMCG product development, preferably with established and reputed food FMCG brands.
• B.Tech / M.Tech in Food Technology, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience in recipe development, formulation, and product trials.
• Demonstrated experience in taking products from concept to commercial launch.
• Strong understanding of FSSAI, food safety, regulatory compliance, labelling, and FMCG product standards.
• Experience with shelf-life studies, sensory evaluation, product testing, and commercial scale-up.
• Strong knowledge of food ingredients, functional ingredients, preservatives, stabilisers, emulsifiers, and processing technologies.
• Experience working with manufacturing facilities or third-party/contract manufacturers is highly preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Good understanding of food costing and commercial feasibility.