Job Description
This is a PepsiCo career opportunity. This position is in PepsiCo China HQ. Please log onto www.pepsicojobs.com/main/china to find more career possibilities in PepsiCo China.
Role:
- Support Nuts and seeds agenda, lead technical assessment to enable AOP and SBP delivery of region innovation.
- Drive co- man related innovation and manage technical due diligence to ensure Co-man, Brand licensed innovation delivery and compliance to PepsiCo standard
Accountabilities:
- Work closely with Category, Insight, Supply Chain teams to drive Nuts & Seeds innovation AOP and pipeline development.
- Develop PwP roadmap and lead technical brand stewardship initiatives for all Nuts & Seeds and Co – man innovation
- Partner with cross functions to drive Co-man related innovation, lead technical assessment to ensure product fully compliance to PepsiCo standard.
- Work with GP, QA for potential Co-Man sourcing, lead technical development and qualification, support product innovation and regulation compliance.
- Ensure technical discipline and have all technical product documentation in accordance with Technical Stage Gate and POM processes for Nuts & Seeds and Co-man products.
- Build technical capability in the areas of Nuts & Seeds and Co-Man process; lead prototype development to fill idea hopper by fully utilizing internal and external resources
Measurements:
- Drive Nuts & Seeds innovation, e.g. Nuts Cluster and Nuts Mixer.;
- Lead Co-man related innovation and support Co-man sourcing
- Responsible for Nuts & Seeds and co-man innovation budget
- Manufacturing lines:
● Nuts cluster line in Co-man
● Nuts Mixer line in Co-man
Working Relationships:
Internal
- Internal R&D: China R&D Snack technical team, R&D Sensory, R&D Packaging, R&D Nutrition, R&D Regulatory, R&D Technology, R&D QD and food safety
- Category team, Insight
- Supply Chain
- Finance
- Legal
- R&D Support centre expertise, platform leader, R&D expertise in other PepsiCo snack business
- Global nuts and seeds platform
External
- Co-manufacturing
- Ingredient supplier, flavor house
- External technical resource / net work
Qualifications/Requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor degree or above in food science, food engineering or adjacent subjects.
- <4 years working experience Multi-national Food Company in product development.
- Fluent writing and speaking skill in Mandarin and English; Efficient communication skill and basic leadership skill to facilitate project move on
- Experienced on product design methodology, process and tools that apply to R&D projects / activities
- Basic knowledge about the adjacent technical functions include but not limited to nutrition, technical regulatory, technical consumer insight, packaging.
Job Type: Regular
