R&D Manager - GFMX

Griffith Foods; Monterrey; Presencial; MXN 800.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Griffith Foods is seeking a senior Food Scientist and Product Development lead in Monterrey to drive new product projects and coordinate cross-functional teams. You will ensure product and process development meets customer, brand, technical, cost, and food safety requirements.

As a fully bilingual professional, you will identify new ingredients, technologies, and packaging to improve margins and speed to market while mentoring R&D talent and supporting launches for key accounts.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology or equivalent.
• 5–10 years in food processing, consumer products, or R&D.
• Fully bilingual in English and another language.

Responsabilidades

• Lead product leadership and plan resources for new projects.
• Ensure R&D meets customer, quality, safety, and regulatory needs.
• Accelerate speed to market using IPM methodology.
• Provide technical support to Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and QA.
• Mentor R&D talent and promote inclusion and collaboration.

Conocimientos

Food science

R&D tools

Project management

Bilingual

Cross-functional

Educación

Bachelor's in Food Science

Master’s degree related to food

Descripción del empleo

Griffith Foods is the caring, creative product development partner helping food companies meet the evolving needs of consumers while sustaining the planet. As a family business founded in 1919 and headquartered in Alsip, Illinois USA, Griffith Foods is known for true, collaborative innovation guided by their Purpose of “We Blend Care and Creativity to Nourish the World”. The company’s product capabilities range from seasonings and marinades to coating systems and sauces that are better for people and better for the planet. For more information, visit www.griffithfoods.com.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Drive product leadership according to Griffith Aspirations.
• Plan, coordinate, and prioritize resources for new product projects.
• Lead cross-pollination projects across teams and categories.
• Ensure R&D product and process development meets customer, brand, technical, cost, quality, food safety, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements.
• Participate in product portfolio roadmaps and research pipelines.
• Identify and implement new ingredients, technologies, and packaging to improve contribution margin.
• Accelerate speed to market through IPM methodology.
• Monitor trends and competitors.
• Provide technical support to Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Culinary, Sensory, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, customers, suppliers, processors, and contract manufacturers.
• Support price increase strategies.
• Participate in annual launch calendars for key accounts.
• Maintain confidentiality of formulas and technical information.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop R&D talent.
• Promote urgency, accountability, inclusion, empathy, fair treatment, and work-life balance.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of food science, product design, ingredients, formulation, processing, manufacturing,food safety, health and nutrition, sensory evaluation, regulatory compliance, specifications, pilot plant and production scale-up,project management, and organizational systems.
• Ability to apply digital technologies and R&D tools to support development,implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology, Food Engineering, or equivalent.
• Master’s degree or advanced studies related to food science, innovation, business, or leadership preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in food processing, consumer products, product development, R&D, commercialization, or related industries.
• Fully bilingual.