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Manager, Product Development

AT Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

Manager, Product Development

Gurgaon, India

Please note: This is not a Remote role and will require the incumbent to be based either in Gurugram, India and follow a hybrid work schedule. This is an Individual Contributor role.

We are seeking an innovative and results-driven Manager to join our INSWA Global Development Initiative (GDI) team. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in juice and dairy product development, core R&D science, and digital dexterity. This role focuses on utilizing consumer and technology insights to deliver differentiated technologies and holistic product, packaging, and process solutions.

What You'll Do for Us:

  • Lead juice and dairy category product development for INSWA, ensuring projects meet quality, timing, and budget targets.
  • Employ a 'design to value' and end-to-end (E2E) approach, incorporating sustainability, regulatory requirements, consumer preference, and supply chain considerations.
  • Drive and build future innovation pipelines with the innovation network through a deep understanding of market and consumer trends.
  • Use expertise in prototyping and stability tracking to ensure successful product designs.
  • Leverage Technical Consumer Research (TCR) tools to drive product superiority.
  • Ensure robust product validation and co-lead scale-up trials in bottler plants.
  • Leverage digital tools to enhance work efficiency and improve pace of innovation.
  • Communicate clearly and constructively with partners to deliver creative ideas, solutions, and project progress.
  • Apply influencing skills to drive prioritization and resolve conflicts and challenges.
  • Actively participate in global juice and dairy technical platforms.
  • Understand Coca-Cola's system dynamics from bottling to global supply chains to enable winning innovations.
  • Translate consumer insights and technology trends into successful innovations.
  • Align global pipelines with local market and consumer needs.
  • Mentor junior Product Developers (PDs) and support their project management skills.
  • Assist in resource allocation and develop the nutrition platform's technical capabilities

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Qualifications & Requirements:

  • At least 5 years successful product development experience in the beverages industry or 4-6 years successful experience in related food industry.
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or Post-Graduate degree in food science, chemistry, or related field.
  • Fluent in English, with proficiency in an additional language preferred.
  • Willing to travel up to 20% annually.

Desired Skills and Competencies:

  • Strong capability of beverage development, ingredient knowledge, and industry standards.
  • Digital literacy: Advanced digital skills to employ data analytics, AI, and digital prototyping in innovation. Data integrity and cybersecurity awareness.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities.
  • Agility, resilience, and creativity to navigate new product development projects.
  • Stakeholder management, innovation leadership and strategic decision making.
  • Proficiency in statistical analysis and experimental design.
  • Proficiency to navigate within diverse ways of working. Embodying empathy and adeptness in conflict resolution.
  • Commitment to sustainability and familiarity with science-based targets for eco-design and supply chain (e.g., tracking ingredient sourcing and lifecycle impacts, and foundational knowledge on circular economy).

What can help you to be successful in the role?

Growth Behavior:

  • Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
  • Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
  • Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.
  • Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
  • Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
  • Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

Leadership Behavior

  • Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
  • Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.
  • Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

What We Can Do For You

  • Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.
  • Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.
  • International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.

Skills

Leadership; Food Technology; Product Development; Chemistry; Continual Improvement Process; Communication; Food Safety and Sanitation; Researching; Laboratory Testing; Data Compilation; Food Sciences

Client-provided location(s): Gurugram, Haryana, India
Job ID: cocacola-146665771
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Life Insurance
    • FSA
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Personal/Sick Days
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
    • Stock Purchase Program
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Professional Coaching
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)