Product Development Manager
Core
Lead end-to-end B2B new product development for cocoa products, from concept and prototyping through scale-up and commercial launch.
Role type
Product Development Manager (Food & Beverage)
Builds
Cocoa-based food products and solutions
Domain
Food Science / Cocoa Manufacturing
Required skills
Product development lifecycle management, prototyping, scale-up, food safety compliance, customer requirement translation, innovation pipeline management, cross-functional collaboration, Design Thinking, technical workshop facilitation
Preferred skills
Direct customer engagement for solution development, structured innovation processes (Design to value), experience in cocoa manufacturing environment
Technologies
Food safety standards, Design Thinking methodologies
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end B2B new product development, Drive product innovation by identifying market trends, Manage and grow a robust innovation pipeline, Oversee IEC Lab activities, Act as the key technical partner to customers, Collaborate with Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain teams, Facilitate customer innovation sessions and workshops, Develop prototypes and product applications for customer evaluation, Support product commercialization by managing scale-up activities, Provide technical expertise and product knowledge to support customer engagement
Seniority
Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC
