Malta Senior Category Product Technologist Food mfd

this job located on the Island of Malta

GFIC is recruiting for a Regional leading FMCG company Producing Powders Culinary Products and Beverages privately owned with a long history a strong export being present in almost 100 countries the

Category Product Technologist m/f/d Food

• Reporting to the Head of R&D the Category Product Technologist designs plans validates and implements the development of new products line extensions and products renovations within several assigned product categories that comply with established safety standards good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and will follow and uphold all Food Safety and Food Quality policies as pertains to the role.
• In the role he/she assesses & develops under the guidance of the senior NPD manager the category consumer and competition benchmarking that defines the sensory space and competitive differentiation from competitors. The Category Product Technologist also acts as a link to pilot plant & factory support and follows the scaleup of products and supports operations with new product launches and assists in troubleshooting. The Product Technologist sets specifications for raw materials and products.

Tasks

Product Innovation and Development

• Support the development of the innovation pipeline within your assigned categories by participating in exploratory activities to surface new product ideas with moderate input from the supervisor
• Develop information for product/ingredient specifications inprocess control points and testing requirements design effectively troubleshooting as necessary and offering plausible executable solutions
• Analyze consumer/regional analysis and extrapolate into a targeted product brief
• Management of several mediumcomplexity projects with little supervision within the assigned categoriesementsct design effectively troubleshooting as necessary and offering plausible executable solutions
• Develop new products within the assigned categories execute and analyze an experimental approach for product design effectively trouble shooting as necessary and offering plausible executable solutions
• Develop robust product specifications (from a nutritional and ingredient standpoint) to ensure sustainable and flexible formulas that will meet consumer quality and process needs

Project Management

• Provide technical input through the planning and decisionmaking process and effectively communicate with senior R&D management
• Support the establishment of consumer and category benchmarking with a particular focus on existing competitors market solutions and sensory product profiling
• Plan and lead product development projects and collaborate effectively with a crossfunctional multidisciplinary team to achieve the project scope on time and within budget while meeting quality parameters
• Deliver a flawless handover to Operations document findings and all relevant reports according to standard and capture lessons learned and best practices

Technical Assistance

• Responsible for adhering to the companys stability program by ensuring timely initiation of stability studies execution and reporting as directed by the category responsible as part of recipe development & improvement or packaging changes.
• Perform trials/experiments in kitchen/lab/pilot and factory scale to achieve all briefed objectives on time
• Support the category during product industrialization by acquiring basic process understanding and ensuring proper knowledge transfer from R&D to operations

Driving Improvements

• Responsible for approving Quality Control Samples
• Effectively ensuring constant upkeep of competition analysis with basic sensorial and consumer understanding to support product development.
• Support the various matching programs
• Participate effectively in investigations and problemsolving initiatives
• Support the establishment of consumer and category benchmarking with particular focus on existing competitors market solutions and sensory product profiling

Requirements

Education

• Strong knowledge and competencies in flavor chemistry (e.g. flavour generation flavour stability sensory relevance) and link to raw materials and food processing
• 5 years of experience in Food Product Development in the factory/kitchen/lab environment.
• Masters degree in food technology/ Food Engineering with more than 5 years of experience in product development

Technical skills

• Knowledge of food technology
• Strong knowledge and competencies in flavour chemistry (e.g. flavour generation flavour stability sensory relevance) and link to raw materials and food processing
• Good level of ingredient knowledge & their impact on the process and final product
• Good knowledge of processes and technologies involved in food manufacturing
• Ability to analyse and understand consumer/regional analysis
• Good Sensorial skills and ability to deduct conclusions
• Industry safety standards and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Good Sensorial skills and ability to deduct conclusions

Analytical thinking and problemsolving*

• Creativity and Innovation
• competencies organizing*roblem solving*
• Attention to detail*
• Drive for results*
• Quality Orientation
• Teamwork
• Verbal and written communication
• Environmental scanning
• Program and Project Management
• competenciesd organizing*