Product Development Manager
We are looking for a Product Development Manager to join Danone’s R&I team based in our dairy factory located in the Albury-Wodonga Region, who can ensure new products developments within business objectives: cost, quality and time.
Responsible for new product developments, execution of trials (pilot and industrial), analysis, data collection and troubleshooting, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
- Bring product development expertise through own experience as well as from suppliers, to ensure successful and consumer-preferred products and compliance
- Design pilot trials/prototyping, product tasting sessions, lead new formula developments in collaboration with Top Line team and lead industrialization tests.
- Deliver projects against a Cost of Goods Target.
- Participate in the development of some Danone products manufactured at third parties and productivity efforts though idea generation and implementation.
- Accountable for the creation and maintenance of new raw material specifications & finished product.
- Manage projects at different stages working with internal and external stakeholders following Danone Project management stage gate process.
- Provide technical support to the factory to develop superior and constant products.
- Collaborate with multi-functional partners to ensure the best product at the right cost and communicate the last trends in technology, equipment and ingredients.
ABOUT YOU
As a R&I Product Development Manager, your NPD project management experience is key for success in this role, and an advantage would be experience in having worked in a dairy or FMCG manufacturing industry.
Ideally you will have:
- At least 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG delivering R&I projects (NPD and renovation), Food Technology and Processing skills, dairy background
- Relevant tertiary qualification, e.g. Higher Diploma in Food Technology, B Sc Degree in Food Science
- Preferred to have background on packaging development projects.
- Demonstrated project management skills
- Excellent analytical, numeracy and communication skills.
ABOUT US
Do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you.
Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as YoPro, Activia, Aptamil and Karicare, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.
Always looking to bring the outside in to continuously improve our ways of working as well as our Danoners day to day experiences, we have been awarded –
- Great Place to Work accreditation – a globally recognized programme where we feature as one of Australia’s top places to work
- 2020 Finalist in the Australian HR Awards for the category “Employer of Choice”
- Winner of the 2020 Employer of Choice awards through the NZ HRD Awards
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WE OFFER
This role will provide the right candidate the exposure to develop their career within NPDs within a global organization. In this role you will have:
- Exposure to all facets of NPDs, 3PM’s and Packaging
- Visibility within a global organisation
- Competitive salary and a performance related bonus
We believe everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energises you.
HOW TO APPLY
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