Senior Product Development Technologist

Mccormick & Company, Incorporated; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to lead product development initiatives. This role involves managing projects from inception to launch, ensuring cross-functional collaboration, and providing technical expertise to enhance customer relationships. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company fosters a culture of growth and respect, offering employees the chance to contribute to impactful projects. If you're passionate about food science and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a difference in a vibrant team.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Opportunities for growth

Respectful culture

Passion for flavor

Qualifications

• 5 years of product development experience in FMGC.
• Strong project management and customer interaction skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from concept to launch, ensuring resource coordination.
• Provide technical updates and support for new product development.

Skills

Project Management

Customer Interaction

Technical Expertise

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Team Player

Self-starter

Adaptability

Intellectual Curiosity

Education

Diploma/B-Tech Degree - Food Technology

B. Sc - Food Science

Tools

SAP RD

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Responsibilities

1. Project Management: Manage projects from concept to launch phase, ensuring that the appropriate resources (sensory, research, regulatory, commercial, consumer insights, production and QA) are coordinated to ensure that the action standards of the brief are met and completed successfully.
2. Provide project and technical updates to support Commercialization to track NPD from concept to launch phase; via the Project Tracker.
3. Customer Interaction: Participate in problem-solving activities with customers to unlock technical solutions.
4. Provide active support in the introduction of new products at Customer facilities.
5. Interact with Customers to provide them with technical expertise to accelerate the business' Customer Intimacy Strategy.
6. Administrative Activities: Input formulation development data into SAP RD to ensure development traceability and formulation costing; to allow historic data retrieval.
7. Provide formulation inputs to Finance for costing and pricing purposes.
8. Compile HACCP approvals, Ingredient Listings and Nutritional Information to allow QA and Regulatory to facilitate Product Specifications and sign off Safety requirements.
9. Sensory Evaluation to support NPD: Participate in internal Sensory Evaluation activities to develop a strong awareness of the sensory attributes of new products and raw materials.
10. Coordinate internal evaluations of newly developed products to ascertain required modifications.
11. Inter-Functional Support: Actively support Supply Chain and QA with technical know-how on NPDs and current product quality maintenance where necessary.
12. Support Product and Process Implementation (PPI) to execute internal and external trial related activities and monitoring of first production runs.
13. Collaborate with Consumer Insights to ensure developed concepts and NPDs conform to current Market Insights and trends.
14. Partner with Sensory Team to maintain ways of working that will guide sensory, shelf-life and consumer research protocols for optimal product development.
15. General Support: It may be required from the Senior PDT to complete more general tasks from time to time to support the general business as appropriate.
16. External Orientation: Interact with Suppliers and the Industry, through workshops/seminar attendance, to ensure latest trends and technologies are incorporated into development activities.
17. Resource Management: Dynamically manage resources within sub-team.
18. Contribute towards continuous improvement of company standards for administration, Health & Safety, GMP and housekeeping in the work environment.
19. Support Raw Materials Technologist(s) with evaluation of new/alternative raw materials.

Candidate Profile

1. Education: Diploma/B-Tech Degree - Food Technology, Biotechnology, B. Sc - Food Science or equivalent qualification
2. Experience: around 5 years of product development experience within an FMGC environment
3. Team Player – ability to interact cross-functionally
4. Self-starter – ability to initiate without being prompted
5. Self-motivating – taking ownership and accountability
6. Ability to work under pressure
7. Ability to manage competing priorities
8. Highly adaptable to change
9. Good communication skills – ability to present to internal and external stakeholders
10. High Intellectual curiosity – research oriented
11. Ability to develop customer relationships and maintain customer intimacy

As an Equal Opportunities employer, McCormick is committed to a diverse workforce.

Why Work at McCormick?

United by flavor. Driven by results. As a McCormick employee you'll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities.

You'll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself—to have a say in where the company is going and how it's growing. Between our passion for flavor, our -year history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.