R&D Product Development Sr. Engineer

Overview

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Responsibilities

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• The Opportunity Lead and develop consumer centric product designs addressing problems to solve considering business opportunities for the Global Baked platform across multiple regions creating product options and technical solutions to drive growth and competitive advantage.
  
• Additionally, as part of the responsibilities this role closely collaborates with regional and global business unit to coordinate synergies and opportunities to transfer or import product knowledge and leverage business impact.
  

Your Impact

As R&
D Product Development Sr. Engineer, your responsibilities would consist of:

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• Utilize scientific methods and Food science knowledge to develop novel technical solutions for innovation, brand stewardship, productivity and portfolio transformation initiatives for multi-regional deployment within PepsiCo that provide layer of technical protection to the business.
  
• Collaborating closely with Product Intelligence R&
  D teams to understand consumer needs and jobs to be done, to translate into product technical solutions.
  
• Screen product formulation at bench and be able to scale-up the optimized formulation through DOE at pilot scale to create innovation possibilities.
  
• Collaborate closely with Process team to scope new capital requirement and specify unit operation performance criteria.
  
• Lead global brand stewardship to maximize the scale advantages for PepsiCo’s existing business, maintaining market leadership.
  
• Lead overall project management agenda including:
  technical approach, setting timelines and budgeting, ensuring processes and systems meet technical and business objectives.
  
• Leverage external and internal experts for key consumer trends, scientific, analytical and sensory research.
  
• Perform basic economic evaluations on new products and estimate the potential business value.
  
• Partner externally to source ingredients and leverage vendor expertise to implement new technical solutions.
  
• Participate as an active member of cross-functional business development teams comprised of individuals from a variety of disciplines, including Global Procurement, Engineering and Regional R&
  D teams to scale successful processes to commercial production scale.
  
• Provide technical support to promote Baked and Quaker product development, designing products with superior competitive advantages and generating technical support to execute technology transfer professionally and in time. Collaborate to ensure sustain growth throughout updated product designs of baked products.
  

Qualifications

Who Are We Looking For?

Education:
BSc in Food Science and/or technology, Chemical Engineering or related specialty

Experience required:
Demonstrated capability to effectively manage complex projects and multiple projects simultaneously

Fluent Oral and Written English Skills (Mandatory)

If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.

What can you expect from us:

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• Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
  
• Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
  
• Development programs according to Leadership skills.
  
• Specialized training according to the role.
  
• Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
  
• We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
  
• Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
  
• A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
  
• And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.

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