Group Manager - PD Dairy

Britannia Industries Limited; Ranjangaon; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Britannia Industries Limited in India’s Dairy R&D center at Ranjangaon, Pune, seeks an experienced professional for dairy product development and scale-up. The role focuses on creating innovative dairy offerings with aggressive timelines and close collaboration with business teams.

The candidate should bring 12-15 years of dairy product development experience, strong leadership, and a track record in commercialization and process optimization.

Qualifications

• Masters in Dairy science.
• 12-15 years of experience in dairy product development and scale up.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• New Product development and commercialization: basis the consumer interface, feedback and market understanding; design and development of dairy products.
• Value optimization: evaluate process technologies and formulations to increase margins without compromising quality.
• Systems & processes: technology transfer docket, manual, SOP.
• Compliance: ensuring the claim and SRA requirement and continuity.
• Building product development and people capability; lead team development and training.

Skills

New product development

Commercialization

Team leadership

Vendor partnership

Innovation

Education

Masters in Dairy science

Job description

Stakeholders Internal

VP R&D and Quality, Head SRA, Head R&D ECB, Head Packaging, Head CQA, Head Legal,

ct Development manager - Dairy

Function R&D

Stakeholders Internal

VP R&D and Quality, Head SRA, Head R&D ECB, Head Packaging, Head CQA, Head Legal,

Manager SRA, Manager R&D ECB, Manager Lab, Manager CQA, Manager Legal, Manager

Nutrition Science.

PD category officers

VP & Head - Dairy business, Manufacturing Head - Dairy, Manager Operations – Dairy, Head

of marketing, Marketing Category Managers, Manager CMI

HRBP

MD and Excom members

Head Purchase and Purchase category managers

External

Ingredients and Equipment manufacturers and Suppliers

Food Legislation Personnel

University and colleges

Open innovation

Technology Experts

Consultants

Location R&D Center, Ranjangaon, Pune

Key Job

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• New Product development and commercialization: Basis the consumer Interface , Feedback and understanding the Market Design and Development of Fresh neutral and fermented dairy drinks, Long life neutral and fermented dairy drinks, Spoonable set and stirred yoghurts, Natural and Processed cheese, Dairy whitener and Fat rich dairy products. New products: Partner with business teams on developing and launching new products meeting agreed timelines. Disruptive Innovation: Develop and launch disruptive dairy products that are first in the market and in turn to build competitive advantage. Creating future pipe line of dairy products. Building the partnership with Vendors and Business Partners to develop products. Engage in the product design development to deliver min 55:45 win vs competition (target 60:40) in the market place. Co-ordination and collaboration with co packer for product commercialization. Good understanding of Milk production and raw milk quality in relation to Indian and International market.
• Value optimization: Evaluate process technologies and formulations aimed at increasing the group margins without compromising on product quality and consumer acceptability Develop formulation with novel ingredients, avoiding short term and long term capital expenditure
• Systems & processes : Technology transfer docket, manual, SOP
• Compliance: Ensuring the claim and SRA requirement and ensuring Zero Damage to the Business and its continuity.
• Building product development and people Capability Co-ordination and commissioning of dairy pilot facility Train and lead team of product developers in organizing, developing and implementing of innovation, margin enhancement and alternate ingredients development projects. Lead development of team through Deployment of Training Plans and Coaching- Ensure proper utilization of team’s potential and capability through effective team management

Education

Qualification Masters in Dairy science

Desired Competencies

Desired competencies

Soft / Behavioral Competencies

• Collaborative and Influencing skills
• Sense of urgency to deliver within timelines
• Team Building

Functional Competencies

• Project Management
• Change Management
• Product Commercialization

Experience (yrs)

12-15 years of Experience in Dairy product development and scale up