Assistant Product Development Manager

2 weeks ago


Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Unilever Full time

Would you like to lead, input, influence and deliver the Transformation Product development strategy for Nutrition Africa? The Transformation strategy is inclusive of but not limited to exciting innovations, renovations, and business continuity initiatives across iconic brands.

You will collaborate with various Global & local Functional communities and relevant business decision making forums.


We are looking for challenge-driven, inquisitive, passionate, and disruptive thinkers to join us in leading the creation and development of even better, more sustainable, and healthier innovative products.

If you have the vision and creativity to shape impactful research, the ability to translate insights into opportunities for new products and compelling claims and stories - this is a role for you.


JOB SUMMARY / RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead new Product development deliverables within projects (innovation, renovation, business continuity initiatives) across different markets.
  • Lead a formulation team as the R&D Workstream lead and Technical Project lead to deliver said projects.
  • Delivery of the formulation technical mix that complies with all consumer safety standards, highest positive nutrition standards and defined costs
  • Conduct robust design of experiments in new product development or calamity support
  • Data capturing (qualitative and quantitative) and presentation/reporting
  • Collaborate in product qualification including product stability testing, microchallenge, and performance testing internal and external
  • Collaborate with global teams in the implementation of new product development technologies
  • Development of external manufacturing providers of capability and technology to grow and develop R&D ecosystem
  • Responsible for integrity of specifications and formulations in specification management system. Provision of specification for every product in market and ensure that all new, or rejuvenated products have & match agreed specs.
  • Conduct and support market analyses to identify products' innovative points of differentiation for formulation, claims and/or performance.
  • Participate in the maintenance of an audit compliant Nutrition lab and working areas
  • Identify, review and assess key technologies from external and internal sources.
  • Stay abreast of technical developments and regulatory updates in the Foods category
KEY REQUIREMENTS- A Degree in Food Sciences, Biotech or Food Process Engineering- 3-5 years of relevant experience in R&D, Formulation Development or Technical Product Management- Exposure to product development / design simulation programmes- Skilled in analysing risk and stakeholder management- Ability to manage 3P / external relationships- Digitally savvy - Demo creation - an element of creativity required, data- Dietary requirements: None, as you will be required to taste an array of foods- Great people skills, building and maintaining relationships with an ability to be persuasive and assertive when necessary- Engage effectively with both internal and external partners

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