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Group R&D Specialist
About this role
Promasidor is hiring several Group R&D Specialists for Beverages, Culinary, Dairy and Extrusions. The role leads the end-to-end R&D agenda for its category portfolio across all operating markets, acting as the technical authority and owning the category’s innovation pipeline, reporting to the Group Head, R&D.
What you would do
- Define and own the category's multi-year R&D plan aligned with brand, commercial and Group priorities.
- Lead end-to-end product development from concept through trials, scale-up and commercial launch.
- Ensure robust documentation, including specifications, BOMs, shelf-life dossiers and launch handovers.
- Ensure regulatory and food-safety compliance across operating markets and support labelling, fortification and shelf-life validation.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Insights, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations and Engineering to translate briefs and ensure factory readiness.
- Lead, coach and develop the category R&D team across markets.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science & Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Nutrition or related discipline; Master's preferred.
- 8-10 years of progressive R&D experience in FMCG, with strong specialisation in the category or related categories.
- Hands-on experience with flavour development in a specialist category.
- Experience leading small technical teams and managing cross-functional projects.
- Strong project and stage-gate discipline with a consumer and commercial mindset.
- Proficiency in category flavour systems.
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