Beverage Product Dev Manager—Cocktails & Mixers - Seattle

True Brands; Seattle (WA); Sur place; USD 95 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability (LTD)

401(k) with employer match

Supplemental insurance

FSAGeneral Purpose Healthcare and Depo

Dependent care

Résumé du poste

True Brands in Seattle, WA is seeking a Product Development Manager to lead the development and commercialization of Collins cocktail mixers, syrups, and garnishes. You will guide concepts from benchtop formulation through testing, sourcing, scale-up, regulatory compliance, and production.

You'll collaborate with Product Development, Global Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales to shape flavor profiles, optimize costs, and drive launches while exploring new consumable categories for Collins.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in food or beverage product development, R&D, formulation, or related field.
• Hands-on experience taking food/beverage products from benchtop formulation through commercial scale-up.
• Strong knowledge of cocktails and mixology, flavor balance, and current beverage trends.
• Experience with ingredient functionality, shelf-life and stability testing, product specifications, and formulation documentation.
• Working knowledge of FDA labeling and regulatory requirements; international experience is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Develop new products: Lead formulation and development of cocktail mixers, syrups, garnishes, and other consumables from concept through commercialization.
• Apply flavor and cocktail expertise: Develop and refine flavor profiles with an understanding of sweetness, acidity, bitterness, aroma, mouthfeel, dilution, spirit pairings, and cocktail construction.
• Own product specifications: Develop recipes, BOMs, ingredient specifications, shelf-life requirements, and stability standards.
• Scale formulations for production: Work with suppliers and co-packers to move products from benchtop development into successful commercial production.
• Source ingredients and partners: Evaluate ingredients, suppliers, packaging components, and manufacturing partners for quality, cost, and production feasibility.
• Manage regulatory requirements: Ensure formulations, ingredient declarations, allergens, claims, and packaging meet applicable FDA and international requirements.
• Develop to target cost: Partner with Supply Chain to achieve target costs and margins while protecting product quality and flavor.
• Support Sales and National Accounts: Provide technical product expertise, samples, tastings, specifications, and support for major buyer and distributor presentations.
• Manage products through launch: Keep cross-functional development projects moving from concept approval through production and launch.
• Drive continued innovation: Follow cocktail, beverage, ingredient, and flavor trends to identify opportunities for new products and improvements to Collins portfolio.

Connaissances

Food & beverage product development

Formulation development

Flavor & mixology knowledge

Regulatory labeling knowledge

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Formation

Bachelor's in Food Science / Culinary Science / Chemistry

Description du poste

True Brands in Seattle, WA is seeking a Product Development Manager to lead the development and commercialization of Collins cocktail mixers, syrups, and garnishes. You will guide concepts from benchtop formulation through testing, sourcing, scale-up, regulatory compliance, and production.

You'll collaborate with Product Development, Global Supply Chain, Operations, and Sales to shape flavor profiles, optimize costs, and drive launches while exploring new consumable categories for Collins.