R&D Specialist or New Product development

Brightsource; Hingna; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightsource, an Indian confectionery producer expanding into nutraceuticals, seeks an R&D Specialist to develop and commercialise products in chewing gum, lozenge and toffee formats.

You will own the work from concept and benchtop trials through pilot batches, process optimisation, validation, stability, and scale-up to full production, while coordinating with QA/QC, Regulatory and Marketing for launches.

Qualifications

• Experience taking products from lab to commercial scale.
• In-house formulation and development exposure.
• Familiarity with nutraceutical actives and delivery challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and formulate nutraceuticals in chewing gum, lozenge and toffee formats.
• Lead NPD from concept to pilot batches and plant scale-up.
• Improve yield, texture, masking and active stability.
• Plan stability, shelf-life studies and prepare related reports.
• Collaborate with QA/QC, Regulatory, Procurement and Marketing for launches.

Skills

NPD experience

Formulation

Scale-up

Quality control

Stability testing

Job description

Role & responsibilities

We need an R&D Specialist to develop and commercialise nutraceutical and functional products in chewing gum, lozenge and toffee formats. You will own the work from concept and formulation trials through process optimisation, validation, stability and shelf-life evaluation, and scale-up to commercial production.

• Develop and formulate nutraceuticals, health supplements and dietary supplements in chewing gum, lozenge and toffee formats.
• Run new product development (NPD) from concept and benchtop trials to pilot batches and plant scale-up.
• Develop, optimise and troubleshoot processes, including improving yield, texture, taste masking, active retention and cost.
• Plan and run product validation, stability studies and shelf-life evaluation, and prepare and review the related reports.
• Select and qualify raw materials, actives, gum base, flavours, sweeteners and excipients, and work with vendors on this.
• Make sure formulations comply with FSSAI nutraceutical and health supplement regulations and applicable quality standards.
• Keep formulation records, batch records, trial data and technical documents (BMR, specifications, SOPs).
• Work with Production, QA/QC, Procurement, Regulatory and Marketing to take products to commercial launch.
• Support customer (contract and private-label) development briefs, samples and technical queries.
• Track industry trends, new ingredients and competitor products to feed the innovation pipeline.

About Company

Describes itself as the only Indian company that makes all four confectionery categories: candies, toffees, lozenges and gums. Its range includes toffees, candies, gums, soft chews, compressed powder tablets, and medicated and nicotine chewing gums. The company also does contract manufacturing and private labelling for Indian and international brands. is now expanding into functional, nutraceutical and health-supplement formats.

Preferred candidate profile

• Candidates from nutraceutical and health-supplement manufacturers with in-house formulation and development teams.
• Experience taking products from lab to commercial scale.
• Familiarity with functional actives such as vitamins, minerals, herbal extracts, probiotics and caffeine, and with delivery challenges like bitterness masking and active stability.