General Manager - R&D and Innovation
Job Description
Superfoods Valley:
We are a Nutrition focused start-up, which is passionate to solve for key nutrient deficiencies across India & global markets through product & technology solutions.
Our vision:
Making Nutrition Easy!- By launching product solutions that are
- Clinically proven/Effective ingredients
- Solve a key behavioral challenge
- Have no bad ingredients
- Good Monk Family Nutrition Mix, Healthy 50+ & Fruit Drink Mixes.
You can find the details on www.goodmonk.in
Our Team: We have a power packed team of experienced industry professionals who have come together, because all of them are passionate to create this positive change & believe making nutrition easy is a great opportunity!
We are mentored by a world class scientific council, which ensures that we are able to bring in the latest science, technology, consumer insights into the innovation process.
Qualification
M-Tech in Food science and technology with min 8-10 years experience in nutraceuticals and supplements domain. Experience in both NPD and Project Management domain essential.
Ideal candidate is somebody who is passionate about creating new to world product solutions in the Supplements category with consumer winning preference and with clean label credentials. This role also accountable for OTIF delivery of all Innovation Projects by executing Stage Gate Innovation Process as a Project Manager.Ensuring cross functional (R&D, Nutrition and Marketing Departments) inputs are made available for decision making to stakeholders.
Mix of big company & startup experience is preferred.
Candidate should have following experiences:
- Ability to Project Manage Concept Commercialization Innovation Process
- Have led innovation projects from a R&D perspective & understands how to interpret consumer insights & build winning product solutions to address needs
- Ability to work in a cross-functional setup, working with Nutrition, Marketing & Sales team to develop winning propositions.
- Demonstrated ability to create a 'product superiority based on sensory or ingredient selection win'
- Ability to inspire the supplier eco-system to support both during the development, launch & scale up process
- Driving Project delivery by running review meetings every week and preparing cross functional inputs in form of Gate Documents and relentlessly following up on timelines using GANTT charts type of tools
- Ability to get together important Senior Stakeholders including external Science Advisors to make decisions which will help projects being delivered on time
- Be the No1 person in the company on matters relating to progress and quality delivery on Innovation projects from the stages of ideas, formulations, product development & commercialization.
- Be Process Champion by setting up exemplary systems and processes for Innovation Management and Documentation which is available on-line and tracked and traced with ease for Management Team as well as team members
- Candidate should be a go-getter, self-starter, have an agile & solution mindset.
- Candidate should be able to enjoy the fast-paced dynamics of a start-up where theres an opportunity to challenge all holy cows.
- Candidate should have the ability to access and influence Senior Managers as well as peers to resolve difficult issues relating to Innovation delivery
- Candidate should enjoy problem solving & pushing boundaries.
- Candidate should have high levels of accountability & should be able to persevere in-spite of challenges along the way of multifunctional team resolution of on-time deliverables for Innovation Projects
Location: Office @ Ulsoor Bengaluru