Job title: Ice cream Product Designer, IC R&D, India
Company: Hindustan Unilever
Job description: ABOUT UNILEVER: Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that strive to improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us every day. Every day, nine out of ten
ABOUT UNILEVER: Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that strive to improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us every day. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow and we believe in business as a force for good. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So, apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you! We are looking to hire for Ice cream Product Designer in our Ice Cream business based in Bangalore. JOB DESCRIPTION: With Compass organization effectively in place in Unilever from 1st July 2022, Ice cream has become a separate business group globally. Overall global ice cream business has a approx. turnover of 7 bl Euro. India Ice cream business is an important and strategic BU, with approx. turnover of 150 mE and is growing strongly at CAGR 20% over the last 3-4 years. Ice cream R&D team supporting this India business has a need for an Ice cream product designer to lead and support key NPD projects and drive the growth agenda of business. The candidate will be a team member of Ice cream R&D, South Asia, working on ice-cream category projects for India. The responsibility of the position is to drive new ice cream innovations, process development, project execution, cost saving programs, planning experiments, executing them with rigor, analysing the information and data and draw scientific conclusions. The role entails understanding and application of principles of food science, food technology, food chemistry, food engineering and microbiology at lab, pilot and factory scale to develop novel ice cream products and processes. Deliverables of the Role With Compass organization effectively in place in Unilever from 1st July 2022, Ice cream has become a separate business group globally. Overall global ice cream business has a approx. turnover of 7 bl Euro. India Ice cream business is an important and strategic BU, with approx. turnover of 150 mE and is growing strongly at CAGR 20% over the last 3-4 years. Ice cream R&D team supporting this India business has a need for an Ice cream product designer to lead and support key NPD projects and drive the growth agenda of business. The candidate will be a team member of Ice cream R&D, South Asia, working on ice-cream category projects for India. The responsibility of the position is to drive new ice cream innovations, process development, project execution, cost saving programs, planning experiments, executing them with rigor, analysing the information and data and draw scientific conclusions. The role entails understanding and application of principles of food science, food technology, food chemistry, food engineering and microbiology at lab, pilot and factory scale to develop novel ice cream products and processes. Carry out new Ice-cream Product & Process Development and Technology transfer activities. Product development: Work in the laboratory to carry out ‘on the bench’ experiments and in pilot plant to develop novel ice cream products per brief within the cost and regulatory frameworkProcess development: Establishing appropriate process routes for manufacturing different ice cream product formats to specification at lab, pilot and factory scale. Optimize processing parameters. Leading projects: Ability to lead small and medium complexity NPD projects independently end to end and effectively manage cross functional business partners.Shelf-life stability: conduct studies to establish shelf-life, melt properties and other characteristics of new products, intervene through formulation/process to enhance quality of productsProduct characterization: Use appropriate measurement techniques (either existing or develop new techniques) to analyze or characterize key attributes of the ingredients, intermediate products and Finished goodsProcess scale-up: Establish processes developed at lab/pilot-scale in to HUL factories/3Ps to enable commercial production troubleshooting at factory-scale when required continuously look for / experiment with new ingredients/recipes/technologies to develop products and processes that offer tangible, new benefits to the consumer and business. Prepare Technical transfer documents, train factory/3P personnel. Effective liaison with other R&D functions, GDC teams, factories / 3Ps / UL Supply chain, marketing and other cross functions Up to date with ice-cream consumer trends, new Ingredients developments, vendor capabilities drive value improvement programs Work with team to build R&D capability in the identified areas. Drive best practices – New specifications writing (PLM), Adopt Digital R&D working, project management (IPM)t and technical report writing Required Professional skills Developing ideas Experimental ability/Techniques Data analysis/ interpretation Technical reporting Information seeking, mining and processing Science and technology expertise Project management Supplier/vendor development support Consumer research Commercial Knowledge Legal / Regulatory Knowledge Required Competencies Growth Mindset Real accountability External orientation Action not debate Required experience Education – Master’s degree in food science or related course Work experience – 1-3 Years, Experience in foods R&D, dairy industry, new foods product and process development and scale up preferred Travel Work based travel, 20-25% of time approx, particularly to manufacturing locations, supplier locations
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Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Job date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 22:28:18 GMT
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