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About Company

Our client is one of the strongest Consumer brands in the Bakery category, having a 25000 sq ft state-of-the-art centralized manufacturing facility with European equipment near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The founding team consists of a ‘Master Baker’ from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, one of the finest culinary institutes in the world and an IIM-A alumni with a McKinsey background.

Job Description:

1. Product Development:

- Includes new product development, product improvement, process improvement and optimization.

- Formulate bakery recipes for products such as cakes, cookies and dough in general that will deliver optimal flavor systems which comply with cost, product concept design, and regulatory and sensory requirements. 

- Create recipes that are consistent with the company philosophy of “honest dough” that optimize the taste experience and achieve preference in testing with target consumers

- Develop and implements the technical plans for multiple food development projects simultaneously

- Project work includes all phases of New Product Development from initial prototype development, to pilot plant scale, to full-scale commercialization.

- Design and executes experiments, analyze and interprets data to make sound technical recommendations for specific projects

- Prepare prototype food products using the research lab, pilot lab, manufacturing facilities and equipment as required.

- Provide solutions to a wide range of challenges by applying technical knowledge and experience

- Collaboration with cross-functional teams and technical peers, throughout the development of new products and processes

- Develop and implements cost savings ideas through formula and process optimization.

- Projects like improving certain product attributes like nutritional value, shelf- life etc

- Training the workforce on the new products and processes, making product barcode labels and supervising the production of the pilot batch.

1. Quality Assurance:

- Includes all areas and processes of the plant like production, packaging, raw material inspection etc.

- Ensuring regulatory compliance

- Conducting regular internal audits

1. Raw Material Quality Control:

- Supervision of all raw material quality checks and inspections including food ingredients, water, packaging material, cleaning supplies etc.

- Ensuring proper documentation is maintained

1. Finished Product Testing:

- Sending products for testing including nutritional information, a shelf- life, quality etc. and documenting the same

- Suggesting any health/nutritional claims or taking corrective action (if required) based on the tests

1. Miscellaneous:

- Other miscellaneous tasks like creating content for product packaging, description etc.

- Coordination of external visits, audits, training, workshops etc.

Qualification, Experience, and Skills required:

•  2- 4 years experience in a food manufacturing environment and QC Lab
• B.Sc. or equivalent degree in Food discipline.
• Previous Project Management experience.
• Strong leader with good interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to communicate across departments/suppliers and external customers.
• Strong organizational, and project management skills to assist with critical path deadlines and project priorities.
• Working knowledge of the factory and raw materials currently used on site.
• Can effectively time manage -  to structure the team's day efficiently with regards to differing priorities/workloads as well as working to tight deadlines.
• Hardworking and passionate with an eye for detail.
• Ability to problem solve

Data Validation

Sales coordination with internal and external departments

Should have Excellent communication, sales, and customer service skills.

Hiring and training interns and ensuring staff meets their quotas and goals

Helping the sales team improve their productivity by contacting customers to arrange appointments and ensuring

Task:

• Make documentations with formatting and in proper detailing
• Basic knowledge on Excel working with formula handling & reporting.
• Need to do multitasking, able to deliver tasks on time with expected quality
• Candidate should have thinking out of the box which supports the department to deliver good results in the pre-defined processes.
• Needs to be quick learner and able to come up with own thoughts on the tasks explained/shared to deliver good results
• Work closely with German team for operative processes/execution/deliverables.
• Flexible to adopt the changes in terms of processes/task handling.
• Knowledge on order fulfillment processes, managing support content on the website, inputs on support handling processes are added advantage.

We wish:

• At least bachelor in any stream or equivalent experience
• At least 1 year of experience in MS-Excel or similar office tools – is preferred
• Knowledge on VB script, macros is preferred
• Documentation skills
• Good Communication skills, at least speaking in English is required
• Good analytical skills
• Eager to know/experiment new technology and tools
• Web Browsing , ability to search quick results from web
• Experience on process documentation & presentation is preferred
• Ability to work independently with little or no daily supervision
• Out of box thinking and quick learner with willingness to learn new things

We Offer:

• Freedom to realise your own ideas & individual career & development opportunity.
• A motivating work environment, flat hierarchical structure, numerous company events which cannot be forgotten and fun at work place with flexibilities.
• Professional challenges and career development opportunities.