R&D Executive Beverages Job at Unilever in Bangalore – Apply Now!
Are you ready to shape the future of global tea innovation? Join Unilever International as an R&D Executive in Beverages, where you’ll lead strategic product development for beloved brands like Red Label, Taj Mahal, and Taaza. Based in Bangalore, this dynamic role offers you the opportunity to drive experimentation, collaborate with global teams, and deliver consumer-winning beverage solutions tailored for diverse international markets.
Job Details
- Job title: R&D Executive Beverages
- Location: Bengaluru, Whitefield, Bangalore, India
- Job ID: R-73158
Purpose of the Job
To lead Tea innovation for key brands from India – understand key WiMi blends and suggest suitable blends for target markets. Planning and execution of experiments, landing strategic projects for Beverages in UI.
Core for R&D Executive Beverages:
- Drive & deliver formulation design work for innovations & cost-saving initiatives to deliver superior and consumer-winning products OTIF
- Driving projects on Instant tea/Instant Coffee based premixes, Tea bags, Black & Green tea, R&G Coffee, and Roasted Coffee Beans
- Ensuring statutory regulatory & legal compliances for products & process
- Responsible for establishing appropriate technology for manufacturing products to specification at lab-scale and pilot-scale
- Responsible for scaling up to the factory with relevant transfer of technology documentation and training the factory team.
- Responsible for specification of formulation, process, pack, and Quality Assurance regimes to support/enforce these specs, and agreed technical action standards.
- Conduct shelf-life studies to establish shelf-life of new products and/or intervene through formulation/recipes to enhance shelf-life as R&D Executive Beverages.
- Use appropriate measurement techniques (either existing or develop new techniques) to characterize key attributes of the product
- Managing customer complaints (technical aspect) and appreciating their concerns
- Anticipate assessment and minimization of environmental, safety, regulatory, PR, and competitive challenges
- Build and maintain strong networks with cross-functional (Brand, SC, CQA, etc)
- Co-partner relevant functions within R&D – Pkg, Diet & Health, HUL R&D, and the Processing team for driving innovation/renovation and VIP projects
Capability for R&D Executive Beverages:
- Responsible for risk management, claims, and legal compliance with local requirements.
- Working knowledge on PLM and FLOF framework
- Develop capability to be able to produce finished product of the desired quality with a range of raw materials within the specified range.
- Prepare technical dockets for transferring technologies to SC/factories.
- Continuously look for / experiment with new technologies /recipes to develop products that offer tangible, new benefits to the consumer.
- Track moves by key competition & local players by carrying out competition benchmarking as R&D Executive Beverages.
Required Professional Skills
- Project management skills and good stakeholder management
- Good Verbal/written Communication skills as R&D Executive Beverages
- Dealing with people from multicultural backgrounds.
- Multi-tasking ability
- Ability to work independently with cross-functional team members
- Travelling to target markets/factories as R&D Executive Beverages
- Strong business understanding
Standard of leadership (SOL)
- CARE DEEPLY to nurture our tribe and work and win together
- FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS – Consumer and customer obsession
- STAY THREE STEPS AHEAD to drive hunger for growth
- DRIVE WITH EXCELLENCE & Passion for execution
- DIGITAL YODA (Digital first)
Education
B. Tech. (Food Technology/Chemical Engineering/Dairy Technology) Or Master’s / M. Sc. / M.Tech Food Science & Tech. / Chemical Engineering / Food engineering with relevant experience.
Required Experience
3-5 years of experience, preferably in Food/Beverage R&D
Keywords: Unilever International, R&D, Beverages, Executive, Job Posting, Bengaluru, Bangalore, India
