Sr. Manager

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States CPS, Inc. (Food & Beverage Division) Full time

Sr. Manager
R&D SeasoningsDevelops, leads and executes North America (NA) R&D activities across the Seasoning Product Category. Builds a robust technical product pipeline, through consumer centric innovation and product renovation (nutrition focused) which unleashes the growth, value and overall impact of the Seasoning Product Category in support our Aspirations and 2030 Long Range Plan.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:Leads, in collaboration with the NA Marketing Seasoning Product Category leader, development and execution of a targeted strategic plan for NA Seasoning Product Category innovation to identify targeted research opportunities with broad customer and market applicationResponsible for Fiscal and Long-Range Plan innovation financial and impact metrics targetsCollaborates cross-functionally to assess market, consumer and customer needs, capitalizes on technical capability advantages and address capability gaps to identify future growth pathsManages R&D process of optimizing the innovation portfolio across product categories, customer segments and geographiesMakes go/no-go decisions to prioritize and deprioritize projects as necessary and provides project updates in collaboration with Marketing and regional stakeholdersPartners with Marketing, Culinary and New Business Development to deliver proactive product platforms to deliver NA Product Platforms infused with innovation technologies and designed to solve consumer problems for a broad range of customersEngages Purchasing, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and other functions as needed to support innovation technology development and commercializationBuilds innovation culture across regional / unit cross-functional teamsValidates business cases and assumptions to prioritize innovation projects and support resource allocation decisionsIdentifies and executes processes to protecting the integrity and confidentiality of technical innovations (security, patentability)Identifies and collaborates with strategic partnerships to co-develop and promote intellectual propertyIntegrates tools and approaches the drive technology initiatives and their digital transformationRegarded as an internal and external Seasoning Product Category though leader to enable Product Leadership positioningLeads and manages resources to develop and execute project plans / briefs that communicate objectives, measurements, variables, methodologies, resources and timing requiredWorks with Marketing, Culinary, Sensory, Purchasing and Commercial Team teams to execute the commercialization / go-to-market execution planIdentifies and engages targeted external innovation partners (suppliers, academia, consultants, NGOs)Works with Global R&D Product Category Leaders and regional teams to communicate, review and transfer innovative technologies, knowledge, ideas and project dataWorks with Regulatory, Nutrition and Legal functions / resources to identify and assess the viability of new ingredients, technologies or functionality claimsTechnical Qualifications:BS and MS in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Chemistry, Chemistry or a related scienceMust have strong Seasoning processing, food safety and formula design experienceMinimum of 8-10 years of technical / scientific development experience in the seasonings category and/or support within the food industry2-3 years people management experienceStrong analytical skills including knowledge of ingredient functionality across a range of food productsStrong research project planning, management and execution skillsProven ability to develop and commercialize new technologies / process improvementsApplied research methodology identification and applicationDemonstrated ability to organize and conduct complex experiments and provide direction to scientistsProven ability to train and mentor internally and externallyDemonstrated experience of excellent communication, working well in a team environment, confidence, enthusiasm and initiativeAbility to work closely with customersExcellent, concise technical writing skillsFluency in English and Spanish is preferredAbility to travel up to 35%**If you d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O Sullivan at kosullivan cps4jobs.com.JO: 169.24KO#LI-KO1

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