R&d Manager Product Develop

2 weeks ago


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia PepsiCo Full time

**Overview**

**PepsiCo's strength is its people. Winning together is all about respect for one another's unusual traits, backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Our teams reflect the diversity of our customers and our communities, breaking down barriers and winning awards.**

**Around the world, we're working hard to give people the tastes they crave and the nutrition they need. We dream globally and act locally, constantly innovating to sustain our planet, our people, our communities and our business practices. As a global food and beverage company with brands that stand for quality and are respected household names such as Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Gatorade, Lay's and Pepsi-Cola, we are committed to Performance with Purpose; pushing to be best and fully committed to the people we share the planet with.**

**Are you ready to explore PepsiCo and be part of this iconic multinational? Seize the day for real life on the job Learning? Enjoy some flexibility that will ensure you are balancing your personal and professional life?**

**Our employees are at the heart of PepsiCo. Through the Company's dedication to Talent Sustainability, we continue to support the development of employees. A possibility, our employment brand, reinforces our dedication to our people; enabling them to reach new heights in their careers and becoming truly world-class talents. PepsiCo is universally recognized as one of the best companies in the world for leadership development.**

**Responsibilities**

**Dimension 1: Innovation Center In charge**
- In charge of running innovation centre on-going basis while maintaining world class health & safety standards.
- Develop key strategic initiatives and provide for long-term sustainable growth of the MENA-Pak businesses that will lead to agile, cost effective and customer centric innovation and renovation programs.
- Liaises externally to bring key insights from Academia & Govt. research centres to pursue innovation and renovation strategies.
- Proactively engages with other Innovation Centres in Pepsico and identifies and deploys the best and latest practices in innovation management along all stages of the innovation process.
- Establishes and monitors Innovation Center operation processes and success metrics (e. g. projects, budgets, and revenue) as one-stop contact point to uncover solutions for needs and future trends
- Lead the renovation strategy for products across MENA-Pak to meet both internal WWP guardrails and external commitments.

**Dimension 2: Product Development lead for emerging snacks**
- Product development lead for culinary led innovations for MENA-Pakistan under strategic growth platforms framework.
- Technical leadership support for select AOP and PSP initiatives from Idea Hopper to Launch and Learn.
- Develop product against Consumer and Business KPIs by leveraging available resources including pilot plants, factory equipment, supplier’s technical assets.
- Develop project briefs/Global Innovation Briefs and seek cross functional alignment (especially Marketing and Supply Chain).

**Qualifications**
- Master’s degree or equivalent in a Science or Engineering related discipline. PhD will be preferred.
- Top Notch Communication & Presentation Skills in English & Arabic
- Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience in FMCG R&D and/or Research Center covering product & process development ideally within Food & Beverage.
- Experience of designing and running innovation centre will be plus.

**Competencies**
- Understanding of manufacturing relating to PepsiCo products and processes
- Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data and distil into meaningful information e.g. interpreting consumer insights, experimental design and statistical inference
- Strong project management skills to effectively drive a complex project
- Capable to frequently taste/sample products, discern product design/flavour attributes, and provide qualitative feedback to functional peers, cross functional partners, and suppliers.
- Seasoning development capability is desirable to drive technical competencies within MENA-Pak and across the flavour function.
- Deputise as required for R&D Directors to represent R&D interest at key forums (e.g. Foods Innovation Council, operations reviews).
- Passion for creativity and innovation within a commercially/scientific environment
- Strives for high standards, seeks innovative solutions, drives continuous improvement of products and processes, and demonstrates a high degree of intellectual curiosity
- Ability to collaborate and work as part of a broader global team.
- Demonstrated competency to effectively influence individuals/teams/organization using solid communication and collaboration skills. Stakeholder management
- Strong networking skills with particular focus on function R&D
- Proven & tracked records of successful product launch in the marketplace
- Ability to taste and to articulate flavour perception, and use different lexicon to different audien



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