Job Description

Head - R&D -Beverages-18-25 years- Mumbai
Summary:
Joined a leading FMCG company in R&D, driving innovation, new product development, and process improvement while managing strategic partnerships, cross-functional collaboration, and technology evaluation to deliver impactful business results.
Your Future Employer:
A leading organization in the Dairy & Beverage sector with a strong focus on innovation, product development, and state-of-the-art R&D capabilities.
Location:Mumbai
Key Responsibilities

• Leverage solid research skills and creative approach to assess ingredients and technologies.
• Drive innovation in discovery, advancement, and evaluation of new technologies to create impactful new products, improved processes, and/or capital optimization.
• Manage strategic partnerships with research institutes, technology providers, and suppliers to acquire novel technologies.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to deliver on project goals.
• Act as the primary liaison with external technology partners for ingredient and technology evaluation.
• Function effectively as a Research Manager, Planner, Coordinator, Communicator, and Technical Expert.
• Document all work, including technical plans, experimental reports, and plant trial reports.
• Provide technical advice to senior management on scientific advancements beneficial to the company.
• Support Marketing teams and customers on key technical projects.
• Align resources adequately to ensure timely delivery of critical projects.
• Clearly communicate management strategy to the R&D team and update leadership on progress.

What We're Looking For
Education:

• B.Tech / M.Tech (Food Technology)

Knowledge Required:

• Strong expertise in R&D systems and processes.
• Proven product development skills in the Dairy and Beverage industry.
• In-depth knowledge of food flavors, ingredients, food chemistry, formulations, and processes.

What's in it for You?

• Competitive salary and growth opportunities.
• Work with dynamic teams on exciting projects.
• Flexibility and a supportive work environment.

What's in it for you:

• An opportunity to work with a market leader in the beverage industry.
• A chance to lead impactful legal and compliance initiatives.
• A role offering both strategic and operational responsibilities.

Reach us:
If you think this role aligns with your career aspirations, kindly write to sara.khan@crescendogroup.in with your updated CV for a confidential discussion.
Disclaimer:
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Note:
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Profile Keywords:
Research & Innovation,Technology Assessment & Evaluation,New Product Development,Process Improvement & Capital Optimization,Strategic Partnerships,Cross-functional Collaboration,External Liaison & Technology Scouting
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE
THE ORGANIZATION : THEN, NOW AND FURTHER.......
Parle Agro's journey began in 1985. We are the largest Indian Beverage Company led by Mr. Prakash
Jayantilal Chauhan (chairman) and his three daughters Schauna Chauhan (CEO), Nadia Chauhan (JMD & CMO) and Alisha Chauhan (Director)
Our strength lies in establishing new categories, building brands and capturing market share within those
categories. Our bevy of brands includes Frooti, Appy, Appy Fizz, Bailley, Bailley Soda, Cafe Cuba, Dhishoom and Frio.
We have always been passionate about building our own brands through an innovative approach to designs. We like to create, and we like to nurture what we create. Our focus and vision is making Parle
Agro, the No.1 beverage company in India.
Being the fastest growing beverage company, we continue to aggressively adopt new strategies and innovative initiatives in order to keep us in the top of the minds of not only our consumers but also out
maneuvering competition. Our Sales & Distribution has moved towards digitization and the focus is on
drawing data to optimize on its resources, maximize revenue generation and expand national distribution
to every household in the country. This has enabled us to achieve our objective of becoming a Rs. 8,000 Cr. organization and keeping us on track for our long term vision of being a Rs. 10,000 Cr. organization
very soon.
A large part of this growth strategy is also driven by our manufacturing capabilities. The concept of
'Backward Integration' incepted by us, makes us the only beverage company in India to manufacture its
own PET Preforms. Today we are a network of 9 Company owned bottling operation plants, 4 franchise owned bottling operation plants, 3 Preform Plants, 72 franchise bottling plants for package drinking
water and 5 beverage manufacturing units focused on returnable glass bottle. We retail our products
across 1.8 million outlets through a network of 5000+ Channel Partners along with an international
presence in over 50 countries.
At Parle Agro, we believe that sustainability can make a positive contribution to our company's long-
term business success. Our company has committed to implement an end-to-end PET plastic waste management (PWM) program. Our sustainability efforts are built with a comprehensive approach
through the 'Prakash Jayantilal Chauhan Foundation' working primarily in three areas namely,
Environment Sustainability | Skillset Development | Healthcare.
We see a multi fold increase in the energy, pace and drive within the organization as we work towards
making the vision our reality. Our aggressive steps and actions are fueled by our innovative and
disruptive thinking and we will continue breaking boundaries to establish ourselves as strong pioneers.
Be a part of our growth story as we scale newer heights.
JOB TITLE
HEAD - RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
WORK
LOCATION
HO
GRADE
M III
KEY
RESPONSIBILI-
TIES
REPORTING
FUNCTIONAL
CMD
ADMINISTRATIVE
CMD
REPORTEES TO
THE ROLE
INDIRECT
LEAD RESEARCH SCIENTISTS & team
DIRECT
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
Responsibilities of Head - R&D:
? Leverage solid research skills and creative approach to assess
ingredients/technology.
? Exhibit innovation in discovery, advancement, and evaluation of new technologies which can have significant impact on new products, improved
products or processes, and/or capital avoidance.
? Manage strategic relationships across a diverse group of external resources
including research institutes, technology providers, and suppliers to facilitate focused acquisition of novel technologies.
? Utilize broad approaches to projects and exhibit collaboration with multiple
functions, both internally and externally, to deliver against project goals. ? Act as the primary contact with external technology partners with regard to
technology and ingredient evaluation.
? Function effectively as a Research Manager, Planner, Coordinator, Communicator, and Technical Expert.
? Effectively document all work including technical plans, experimental reports,
and plant trial reports.
? Provide Technical advice to senior management on advances / developments within the scientific community that may be of beneficial to the Company.
? Provide Technical Support to the Marketing group and to the Company's
customers in the completion of key projects. ? Adequate resource alignments to ensure key projects are delivered on time.
? Clearly communicate Management Strategy to R&D Team and progress on the
same, vice versa.
REPORTING OF
THE ROLE
FUNCTIONAL
JMD & CMO
ADMINISTRATIVE
JMD & CMO
JOB PURPOSE
The R&D Department at Parle Agro is one of the core drivers of our growth and
ambitions of having a holistic food and beverage portfolio in India as well as
development of Global Portfolio Strategies. Our Vision is to gain the number one position in the beverage category, and
besides Sales & Distribution and Marketing, a very central function towards
achieving this Goal, is R&D.
Considering our ambitious goals, we are also investing largely on developing our
team with higher core competence and stronger and advanced state of
technological tools and processes, which will focus on establishing a very core
value of the company - INNOVATION!
CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION
QUALIFICATION
B. Tech / M. Tech (Food Technology)
KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED
? Deep system and process knowledge of state of art R&D Centre
? Strong product development skills in Dairy and Beverage Industry ? Strong knowledge of Food Flavor & Ingredient and their interactions.
? Extensive knowledge of food chemistry, food formulations and processes.
? Ability to translate technical knowledge into tangible results.
Exposure to product development activities.
? Keep abreast of new Technical Developments, Product Launches and
Market trends in the Food industry.
TARGET
INDUSTRY/
COMPANY
? Beverage exposure is essential (Fruit juices / Dairy)
? Flavour House (Givaudan/ Firmenich/ IFF/ Symrise/ Dohler/ Sy)
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE
18 - 20 years
SKILL SET
(FUNCTIONAL/
BEHAVIOURAL)
? Strong business and financial acumen to align results to overall business
strategy and company financial goals.
? The ability to develop strategy from in-depth analysis.
? Proven success driving results and delivering return on investment to the
company.
? Comprehensive functional skills and a result - driven approach.
? Exposure to food manufacturing facilities.

Skills Required