Product Development Specialist

1 week ago


Melbourne, Australia Asahi Beverages Full time

**Your Impact**

You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of all technical liquid development elements for New Product Developments (NPD) projects. This includes creating consumer preferred liquids, aligned to brand ambition, that meets cost targets and quality standards of Asahi Beverages.

Additionally, you will deliver supply chain initiatives, explore new ingredient technology, and implement new products into multiple manufacturing sites.

**Note**: This is a fixed term 2 year role.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop leading edge product formulations with sensory competitive advantage, that delight consumers and customers
- Leverage ingredient suppliers to explore new ingredients and technologies that offer differentiated products to consumers. Create concept liquids that bring new opportunities to life and present these to commercial partners/ marketing.
- Work side-by-side with and influence Marketing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Legal and Insights/Consumer Science colleagues, to successfully deliver NPD projects, to the high-quality standard of Asahi Beverages
- Pro-actively engage marketing, insights and regulatory to ensure all desired marketing claims defined and substantiated through use of ingredient technology.
- Ensure product stability over product shelf life and address any shortcomings.
- Manage and create master data for NPD, generate accurate and fully complaint artwork briefs and approve final artwork.
- Generate accurate finished product specifications for NPD products and ensure smooth implementation into manufacture plant, troubleshooting any issues uncovered.
- Deliver supply chain and value creation projects.

**About You**
- Degree qualification in Food Science, Chemistry, Formulation Science, Bioscience, or related discipline
- Having a background in FMCG, beverages, food manufacturing or flavour houses is advantagous
- Experience in delivering NPD projects, driving product development to implementation into manufacturing sites.
- Good understanding of brands and brand lead innovation. Capable to influence brand teams and insights teams, to develop well defined deliverables and delivering to timelines.
- Proven track record of problem solving in a complex manufacturing environment

**Why Asahi Beverages?**

Asahi Beverages is one of the leading beverage companies in Australia and New Zealand with a rich and varied history. Comprising some of Australia and New Zealand’s most loved brands, the company’s Regional Hub is based in Melbourne with three Business Divisions - Asahi Lifestyle Beverages (formerly Schweppes Australia) and Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) in Australia, and Asahi Beverages NZ in New Zealand. There’s always a great deal going on and opportunities abound for those ready to take them



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