Senior Manager, Product Development, Alcohol Ready To Drink Category

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Atlanta

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

August 19, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Position Overview:

This Senior Manager, Product Development position will lead priority Global and Co-Brand/ Partnership Alcohol Ready to Drink (ARTD) and strategic product development initiatives in our Global Emerging pre-pipeline development. The role will collaborate closely with Coca-Cola Trademark and other North America Ready To Drink (NARTD)Product Development team members, in the product design, development and optimization of Global brands based on consumer research. This role will connect with various Research To Experiment team members to enable exploration of new flavor technologies and ingredient applications across the Global priority platforms.

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

• Execute the product development pipeline initiatives for the ARTD Co-brand portfolio: new products, reformulations and application of new product/ingredient/alcohol base technologies, while liaising with partner company representatives, where applicable.
• Oversee coordination of pilot plant production of Global brands according to timelines and quantity needs
• Design, produce and evaluate/assess (e.g., through laboratory testing) a product prototype/sample against technical requirements, fit to concept or performance specifications (e.g., functionality and operational feasibility).
• Design, develop, conduct and/or review experiments (e.g., laboratory or process experiments) to deliver new products; evaluate ingredient, product efficacy or claims; or evaluate new ingredients, materials, products or processes.  Write detailed and accurate reports for projects and plant trials (e.g. equipment validation, evaluation of new processes).
• Evaluate and recommend requirements for new alcohol product types where current capability does not exist. 
• Liaise with all Global and Operating Unit (OU) technical resources required to fully develop and commercialize a product including but not limited to TCR, quality, SRA, micro, engineering, package development and commercialization, manufacturing.   Provide subject matter expertise for all product processing.

• Work with the Global Development & Innovation (GDI) Center and Regional leads and marketing to define the product portfolio strategy. Liaise with Marketing in the development of concept briefs.
• Support pre-commercialization test runs to ensure production capability as needed.
• Accountable for the product formulation aspect of the project delivery (Quality, timing & cost)
• Able to manage and deliver on multiple Global projects simultaneously.
• Able to make routine decisions independently. Consults line manager as appropriate on key milestones & general guidelines.
• Able to resolve technical challenges linked to formulation, process, ingredient variabilities, scale-up.
• Able to translate consumer test results and product sensory attributes into winning product propositions.
• Able to identify areas of improvement on product development, process, and communication routines

KEY SUCCESS PARAMETERS

Experience

5-10 years successful experience in product development in the beverage industry (alcoholic beverage experience is required)

Educational requirements / qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or Post Graduate in food science, chemistry, engineering or related field.

Functional Competencies:

• Proficient - Food Science /Technology
• Competent – Alcoholic Beverage Technology
• Competent: Alcoholic Beverage Processing
• Proficient - System dynamic
• Working knowledge – Marketing
• Working knowledge – Alcoholic beverage regulations
• Proficient - Project management
• Competent - Communication
• Working knowledge - Sensory science / Consumer.

Cultural diversity:

• Fluent in English.
• Additional language is a plus.

Travel Requirements: Up to 25%

All candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents

Work Focus

Development of prototypes at lab scale, following all good manufacturing practices to ensure safety. Production of samples in the pilot plant, including leading product stability assessments Filling accurately internal databases for stability tracking, formula database, project management tools Precise description of manufacturing conditions, following s