Product Dev Associate Scientist

Overview

Pepsi Lipton is a joint venture between Unilever and PepsiCo operating in the ready-to-drink Tea segment globally with three well-established brands Lipton, Brisk and Pure Leaf and Yachak. Our global business is worth 3.0 billion USD today, growing volume and with a double digit increase in net revenues. We operate across complex and diverse regions spanning Western Europe to Australia and New Zealand to the United States and Latin America with markets at different stages of development, with different consumer habits and different routes to market via a matrix of franchise, company-owned and third-party manufacturing operating models in which innovation delivery is key enable to accelerate growth.

We have an established global R&D function based in two centres: Colworth UK, and Valhalla US. The centre at Valhalla is the primary `hub' from where the R&D team is focused on the North America and Latin America markets, whilst also supporting global programmes and some international markets. Our other R&D Site, Colworth, is our lead centre for tea expertise, bringing this to our product and process development to deliver products across our platforms to meet a wide range of consumer benefits and needs.

A role in Pepsi Lipton is a unique experience in which to develop and add value to your career. Pepsi Lipton, although a Joint Venture between Unilever and PepsiCo, operates independently and has its own Board of Directors. Whilst we have the full backing and support of our two parent companies, our entrepreneurial set up gives us real autonomy. Our roles are broad, our responsibilities big and our experiences even bigger. We have high visibility and great exposure - to senior leadership and to talented colleagues all over the world. It means we need to be impactful, smart influencers.

In order to support our ambitious growth agenda, we are looking for a Junior Product Developer (Associate Scientist) to join our team in Valhalla, NY.

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Travel Requirements - Occasional short business trips within U.S. may be required (1-3 trips per year)

Responsibilities

The job holder will be a member of cross functional project teams providing product development capability across the Ready to Drink brand portfolio. This role will be focused on supporting North American Brisk and Pure Leaf development. In this role they will be responsible for owning and delivering product development activities within agreed projects with an onus on practical based activities in our food laboratory or pilot plant facility including:

• Designing and carrying out the practical & lab-based work program linked to assigned projects.
• Inputting into project timelines, risk analysis, resource loading associated with projects assigned.
• Ingredient sourcing including first point of contact with relevant suppliers, link in with parent company Material Expert Teams (METs) or specification team and ownership to drive quality integration into parent company systems and processes. This includes ingredient documentation, ingredient samples, ingredient ordering & ingredient specification builds.
• Generation of all prototypes to support project requirements including liaison with pilot plant for production of larger scale quantities & provision of key documentation & non-standard ingredient ordering for PP scheduling.
• Lead the provision of all relevant product related documentation linked to assigned project including documentation for consumer testing, requirements for registration, certification, or specific local BU-initiated requests.
• Ownership of functional specification delivery & utilization of digital tools (e.g. specification systems) to ensure technical output for artwork and labelling delivered at the agreed timescale including liaison with specification experts, concentrate teams, and QA Team members for specification parameter alignment where required.
• Ownership of any scale up trials required to confirm viability including ownership of trial briefing and point of contact with SC & Technical Contact Managers (TCM) and Quality along with suppliers.
• Liaison role with Consumer Technical Insights (CTI), Sensory Product Consumer Insights, and brand Insights to support relevant prototype, panel, or consumer tastings.
• Management of prototype sample shipment process to consumer test locations, stakeholders, teams, and event locations.
• Initiating and maintaining formal lab notes, trial reports, experimental write ups, handover documents and presentation cascades as required to capture key technical updates.
• Link in with Regulatory and local deploy partners where relevant to ensure prototype development and ingredient selection complies with local requirements; collate & cascade output to relevant stakeholders.
• Be the point of contact for product and ingredient related queries for formulations developed.
• Support wider technical activities, Business unite-initiated requests and broader R&D team requirements where required.
• Have awareness of competitor landscape, commercial produces, supply chain model and project management processes.
• Liaise with parent company groups to support any knowledge build or understanding.
• Adhere to safety and regulatory aspects throughout activities performed (traceability, allergen and consumer safety, microbiological clearance, food safety approvals) including ensuring

Ensure compliance with all relevant Code of Business Principles, site, and company policies.

Key Interfaces

• R&D Product Development Team
• Brand Marketing
• Insights
• Supply Chain
• Regional Marketing Teams
• Regional SC & Operations Team
• 3rd party contacts and supplier partners
• Sensory
• Parent company link ins (Safety/Regulatory)

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $70,700 - $118,400.
• Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

Key Skills

• Passion to work in a practical & lab- based setting
• Proven track record of product development
• Creativity & flair with ability to innovate and translate product brief into winning launches
• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail especially with experimentation, data recording, analysis & reporting
• Strong organisational skills
• Good time management and priority setting skills
• An ability to flex and multitask.

Relevant Experience

• Degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, Chemical Science or Engineering and/or relevant experience in FMCG in fields related to product or process development/manufacturing in foods or beverages
• Experience of working cross-functionally and with external suppliers
• Experience of delivery of innovations from brief to market deployment
• Foundation training/qualification in food hygiene

Leadership Behaviours

• Purpose & Service
• Personal Mastery
• Agility
• Business Acumen
• Talent Catalyst
• Consumer Love

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