Product Development Manager

Monster Energy; Corona (CA); On-site; USD 76,440 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Monster Energy as a Product Development Manager in Corona, California, where you will lead groundbreaking beverage projects from concept to launch. Your role involves managing relationships with flavor houses and suppliers while ensuring product formulas meet the highest quality standards.

With more than 7 years in beverage product development, you'll contribute to innovative solutions, support existing products, and navigate complex technical issues effectively. A Bachelor's degree in a scientific field is preferred, alongside proficiency in SAP and PLM systems.

Qualifications

• Over 7 years of experience in product development of beverages.
• 5+ years of experience in technical roles with proven ingredient and formulation knowledge.
• Capacity to manage technical escalations and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects with flavor houses, suppliers, and production facilities.
• Manage formula accuracy and readiness for global production.
• Support technical issues related to in-market products.

Skills

Product development

Technical collaboration

Analytical testing

Formulation specifications

Proficient in Microsoft Office

SAP experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a Scientific discipline

Master's Degree desired

Tools

SAP

PLM systems

Job description

Forget about blending in. That's not our style. We're the risk-takers, the trailblazers, the game-changers. We're not perfect, and we don't pretend to be. We're raw, unfiltered, and a bit unconventional. But our drive is unrivaled, just like our athletes. The power is in your hands to define what success looks like and where you want to take your career. It's not just about what we do, but about who we become along the way. We are a way of life, a mindset. Join us.

A day in the life:

As the Product Development Manager, you will lead projects with flavor houses, suppliers, and production facilities to develop new beverages and raw materials. Manage the review of all formulas created in SAP-Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), ensuring accuracy and readiness for global production. Support complex liquid-development programs, including formulation specifications to ensure successful liquid performance, through projects including analytical testing, stability testing and sensory evaluation across the formula portfolio. Contribute to the product support program by addressing technical issues related to formulas in the field.

The impact you'll make:

• Lead the Technical Transfer Program based on innovation learnings by review of formula scale up, stability, and stress tests.
• Manage the end-to-end review of all formulas within SAP-PLM, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and readiness for worldwide production, while upholding data integrity and alignment with global quality and regulatory standards.
• Lead cross-functional high complex product development projects in partnership with flavor houses, raw-material suppliers, and global production facilities to drive the creation of new beverages and ingredient systems that meet Monster’s technical, regulatory, and commercialization requirements.
• Develop and refine formulation specifications and coordinating analytical testing, stability studies, and sensory evaluations to ensure robust liquid performance across the product portfolio.
• Existing product support leadership for Americas : Serve as a technical escalation point for in-market products, providing timely troubleshooting and cross-functional support to address formula-related issues in the field and ensure continuity of quality and supply. Drive collaboration across Technical Innovation, Regulatory, Quality Assurance, and Operations for problem solving by providing technical expertise, communicating formulation impacts, and ensuring that all project deliverables, risk assessments, and technical decisions are clearly aligned and executed.

Who you are:

• Prefer a Bachelor's Degree, Masters desired -- in a Scientific discipline (Food Science, Food Engineering, etc.) or related field.
• More than 7 years of experience in product development of beverages
• More than 5 years of experience in other technical roles (Quality and manufacturing, technical services) with a proven record of an understanding of ingredient, formulations, manufacturing, and supply chain
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, PLM systems, SAP experience
• Travel up to 40% required

Monster Energy provides competitive total compensation. The estimated annual salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, qualifications, experience, and work location.

Pay Range

$76,440 - $104,000 USD

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