| Date | 2025-01-19 |
|---|---|
| Job Title | R&D (Research And Development) Technologist |
| Employer | Stonebridge HR Solutions More Information |
| Salary | 0 |
| Category | Fmcg |
| Location |
Gauteng / Centurion |
Job Summary
Purpose of the role:
The R&D (Research and Development) Technologist is responsible for development of new sports nutrition products, research of new ingredients applicable to the field of sports nutrition and its successful application in final product, sourcing of new raw materials, evaluation of flavours and new raw materials, compiling nutritional information for labelling of products, and driving innovation in the R&D team. They must be creative yet analytical thinkers and have excellent leadership and communication skills.
Requirements:
- Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Processing / Manufacturing or related field.
- Minimum 3 years’ work experience in food development, food processes, food ingredient functionality and ingredient interactions.
- Minimum 3 years’ laboratory / bench top experience in a research food laboratory or product development environment.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in use of laboratory analytical instrumentation, Lab Filtration system and scale equipment.
- Demonstrated project management skills and experience.
- MS Office and Excel – knowledge beyond Lookup Functions, Pivots, Charting and Importing & Exporting data.
- An analytical mind with strong math skills.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities – Afrikaans and English.
- Attention to detail, reliable and accurate.
- High level of technical aptitude – an ability to learn new technical systems and tools quickly.
- Ability to work under pressure and a willingness to work to tight deadlines while managing multiple projects.
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
- Valid driver’s license and own vehicle
Responsibilities (Not limited to):
Product Submissions
- Sourcing of new raw materials.
- Evaluating raw material submissions from suppliers.
- Developing products from stipulated brief.
- Resubmission of samples with feedback applied.
- Approval of cost of new product formulas.
- Make bulk of approved formulas.
Paperwork Submissions
- Receiving and filing of documentation on all new raw materials.
- Log in new information of raw materials into formulation sheet.
- Submission of NI (nutritional information).
- Creation or amendments of Batch Cards.
- Compiling bulk BOMs.
New Products / Ingredients
- Research and application of new ingredients or ideas.
- Able to proactively identify needs and develop both internal and external resources to meet them.
- Leverage competitive set and competitor technology differences to provide competitive advantage and uniqueness.
- Able to analyse competitive products to ascertain processes and formulations.
- Remains well informed of state of the business in terms of net sales and market share as well as new product launches.
Price Negotiations
- Research for suppliers or similar ingredients at lower cost.
- Drive for continuous margin enhancement of new product portfolio.
- Ensures communication between development team and supply chain to facilitate cost effective products.
Labels
- Review and corrections.
Administration of Projects
- Effective distribution of projects between team members.
- Ensuring that projects are done in time.
- Manage conflicts between timelines of different projects.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
R&D (Research And Development) Technologist position available in Gauteng, Centurion. This job position was posted by Stonebridge HR Solutions. The job has been posted as a char8000 ad on 2025-01-19 at 01:00:17 in the Fmcg category
Click Go Apply to apply online!
You might also like to look at the available jobs in the same area.
Apply directly on jobmail for this position
Some posts have contact information included with other instructions. All applicants are urged to read the instructions carefully.
We will list jobs at the bottom of each job, so feel free to scroll down and continue your search.
We do not accept any job applications and merely offer the service of daily jobs being mined and displayed on our job portal.
Each job post has a link to take you directly to the original post to apply on their website or the original website where the post came from.
Here are some more related positions
Centurion: R&D (Research And Development) Technologist posted by Stonebridge HR Solutions
Purpose of the role: The R&D (Research and Development) Technologist is responsible for development of new sports nutrition products, research of new ingredients applicable to the field of sports nutrition and its successful application in final
View Job
R&D (Research And Development) Technologist
Email Alerts
Click the button below and submit your email to receive email alerts with the latest jobs.
This service is offered by Result Generation
We do not save your information, and your email is the only information we forward to the service.
If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here
