Manager, R&D Product Dev

R&D Manager Away fromHomeand KHIProduct Development

The R&D Manager AwayFrom Homeand KHIProduct Development leads product development across medium- to high-complexity projects for the AwayFromHome/ KHIbusiness while managing and developing a team of product developers supporting a broad portfolio of initiatives. This roleis responsible fortranslating business needs into practical development plans driving technical execution and ensuring projects progress effectively from concept through commercialization.

This leader is expected tooperateeffectively in a dynamic cross-functional environment and to balancepeopleleadership with strong technical and project leadership. Success in the role requires sound product development judgment the ability to manage multiple priorities and strong collaboration across R&D operations quality regulatory marketing and supply chain. The role also requires building team capability setting clear expectations and developing talent to meet current and future business needs.

KeyResponsibilities:

Lead product development across multiple cross-functional projects and product categories within the Away From Home/ KHIbusiness including innovation renovation and brand maintenance work
Manage coach and develop a team of product developers including setting priorities providing feedback and building technical and leadership capability across product development and brand maintenance responsibilities
Translate business objectives into clear development plans and ensure effective execution from concept through commercialization
Partner with cross-functional teams to drive project progress resolve technical issues and deliver against business timelines
Lead product testing qualification and commercialization activities across laboratory pilot plant and production environments
Apply strong technical judgment to product ingredient process and formulation challenges and guide the team through problem-solving and decision-making
Communicate technical findings recommendations risks and implications clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership
Manage multiple priorities concurrently and proactively identify tradeoffs resource constraints and priority conflicts across initiatives including planned and unplanned brand maintenance asks
Build strong ways of working across the team and cross-functional partners to improve execution clarity and accountability
Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to learn new categories technologies and processing areas in support of business needs
Ensure high-quality documentation technical rigor and strong executional discipline across development work
Mentor coach and collaborate with colleagues within and outside the immediate team to strengthen capability and business results

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degreerequired in Food Science Chemistry Chemical Engineering Life Sciences or a related fieldplus a minimum of 6 years ofproduct development experience within CPG food and beverage or a related industry;or masters degree plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or PhD plus a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated people leadership experience including leading coaching and developing technical talent

• Strong knowledge of ingredients product formulation processing equipment ingredient interactions and laboratory test methods

• Proven ability to lead product development and commercialization across multiple projects and priorities

• Strong communication influencing project management and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced cross-functional environment with changing priorities

• Strong technical judgment and ability to design effective experiments interpret results and adjust plans as needed

• Self-motivated and able to deliver results with a high degree of ownership in a complex environment

• Strong ability to prioritize across competing business needs and make sound tradeoff decisions

• Willingness to travel up to 30% including travel to internal plants co-manufacturers suppliers and other business locations in the United States and Canada

Work Environment & Schedule

This position is considered anormaloffice environment withsometravel or visits to external locations; offices are open workspaces.Additionally this rolerequires inoffice presence at least three days per week in compliance withhybridwork schedule.

Physical Requirements

Physical demands include but not limited to