Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Product Development Technologist

Process EngineeringPosted on Nov 3

Full-timeHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's or master's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or an equivalent field is required.
At least 6 years of experience in a food or pet food manufacturing environment working in research and development, formulation, or new product development is required.
Working knowledge of food processing and the product innovation stage-gate process is required.
Strong understanding of food ingredients and recipe design experience is required.

Responsibilities

Support new product development, deployment, and continuous product and process improvement while ensuring compliance with relevant Quality and Food Safety standards.
Manage Product Performance Insight for all new products for the India Petcare business.
Support product performance validation with pets for new products and existing product changes to support local development.
Manage deployment and continuous monitoring of new digital product systems.
Support development of new products and recipe modifications, including DIB activities, in collaboration with Supply, Commercial, Operations, Regulatory, and Marketing teams.
Implement recipes and adapt centrally developed recipes to local conditions efficiently.
Maintain recipes to improve product quality and nutritional values, and be responsible for site-specific recipes and SRCs.
Collaborate with Site Research and Development, Supply, and Engineering stakeholders to support the Product Performance Insight handover process on site when recipes or raw materials change outside current specifications.
Work with Material Development and Commercial teams to identify new cost-of-goods-sold opportunities.
Support site activities that improve recipe costs within specification, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
Use continuous improvement and Lean tools, including Six Sigma and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, to optimize products for quality and cost.
Contribute technical expertise to the non-conformance management process and recommend dispositions.
Ensure effective implementation of the Mars Quality Management Process and applicable Quality and Food Safety requirements, including personnel hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practices, through the relevant area or process standard operating procedures.
Meet competency requirements in the job role skill matrix to ensure Quality and Food Safety requirements are implemented satisfactorily.
Create a Safety, Environment and Sustainability culture through visible demonstration and team engagement in related activities.
Define Safety, Environment and Sustainability objectives as annual key result areas and deploy the relevant policy and management system effectively.
Ensure risk assessments are performed and controls are implemented and maintained for operational activities.
Ensure functional compliance with Mars Global Standards, asset conservation standards, and relevant local Safety, Environment and Sustainability legislation.

Job Description:

Job Purpose/Overview

To Support New product Development, deployment and continuous improvement of products and product related processes, ensuring compliance to relevant Q&FS standards.
To manage the Product Performance Insight of all new products for the India Petcare business.
Support for product performance validation with pets for new products/Existing product changes to support local Development.
To manage the deployment & continuous monitoring of new digital product systems.

Job Responsibilities

Support development of new products and or recipe modifications (eg DIB activities) in collaboration with cross functional teams like Supply, Commercial, Operations, Regulatory & Marketing.
Implementation of recipes and adaptations of local conditions to implement the centrally developed recipes in the best and most efficient way

- Recipe maintenance to improve quality and nutritional values of products

- Responsible for the Site specific recipes and SRC’s

Collaborate with key stakeholders (Site R&D /Supply /Engineering ) to support PPI in the handover process on site when there is : recipe or raw material change outside of current specification.
Work closely with Material development & commercial teams to identify new COGS opportunities.
Support site activities which improve recipe costs (within spec), reduce waste and improve product quality
Utilize CI/Lean tools such as Six sigma and FMEA to ensure our products are efficiently optimized with quality and cost in mind.
Input to non-conformance management process, utilizing technical expertise to recommend a disposition
Quality- “Associate is responsible to ensure effective implementation of Mars QMP (Quality Management Process), Quality and Food Safety requirements including Personnel Hygiene and GMP stated by the Organization as applicable. Associate shall deliver through Respective Area/Process Standard Operating Procedures. Meet basic competency requirements mentioned in the job Role Skill Matrix to ensure Quality and Food Safety requirements are implemented to satisfactory level.”
SES-Create SES culture within the team through visible demonstration, engaging his/her team in all SES activities, defining SES objective as annual KRA's and effective deployment of SES Policy/Management system. Responsible to ensure that Risk assessment is performed and controls implemented and maintained for all operational activities. Overall responsibility to ensure the functional compliance to Mars Global Standards, Asset conservation standards and all relevant local SES legislation.

Job Specifications/Qualifications

1. Education & Professional Qualification

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Food Science, Food engineering, chemistry, or equivalent.

2. Knowledge/Experience

6+ years in a Food/Pet Food Manufacturing environment working in R&D/ Formulation/ New Product Development is must.
Working knowledge of food processing and product Innovation Stage Gate process is essential.
Strong understanding of Food Ingredients and Recipe Design experience is essential

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $27B
Headquarters: McLean, VA
Founded: 1911

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