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We are looking to hire a dynamic and experienced Dairy Scientist ( Manager Level) in the R&D department for Dairy Products like Ice Cream, milk shakes, flavored milk etc.
The Dairy Scientist will be responsible to lead and drive the Ice-Cream, milk shakes, flavored milk & Frozen desserts category projects and develop high quality, competitive, affordable, and innovative products by adopting best product development processes, ingredients and technology. He/she will act as a subject matter expert and perform experiments in the lab, pilot plant, and in full scale manufacturing by developing new or adapting existing methodologies to achieve the department and organization goals.
Pre - Requisites for Dairy Scientist
Qualification:PG or Graduation in Dairy/Food Technology (preference will be given to PG holders)
Key Responsibilities:
Drive new ice cream and dairy products innovations, project execution, process development with better ROI.
Finalizing/designing specification of raw materials, formulation, process, pack and Quality Assurance regimes to support / enforce these specs agreed technical action standards.
Understand application of principles of Food/Dairy science & technology, chemistry, engineering and microbiology at lab, pilot, factory scale to develop novel ice cream products and processes.
Understand key consumer and market insights and translating them into product ideas.
Conduct studies to establish shelf-life, melt properties and other characteristics of new products.
Troubleshoot at factory-scale when required, Prepare Technical transfer documents, train factory/3P personnel.
Establish processes developed at lab/pilot-scale in to Heritage factories/3Ps to enable commercial production.
Use appropriate measurement techniques (either existing or develop new techniques) to analyse or characterize key attributes of the ingredients, intermediate products and Finished goods.
Effective liaison with other R&D functions, factory / 3Ps / Supply chain, marketing and other cross functions for successful completion projects.
Transfer technology from lab to plant scale-up trials.
Plan& execute experiments based on the project brief with rigor, analysing the information and data and draw scientific conclusions.
Continuously look for / experiment with new ingredients/recipes/technologies to develop products and processes that offer tangible, new benefits to the consumer and business.
Work in the laboratory to carry out on the bench experiments and in pilot plant to develop novel ice cream products per brief within the cost & regulatory framework Process development.
Establishing appropriate process for manufacturing different ice cream & Frozen dessert product formats to specification at lab, pilot and factory scale. Optimize processing parameters.
Intervene through formulation/process to enhance quality of products
Develop new Ingredients and vendor for sustainability of manufacturing process.
Closely work with team to build R&D capability in the identified areas. Drive best practices New specifications writing, project management and technical report writing.
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