Group Jelly Candy R&D Sr Technologist Bardi

Group Jelly Candy R&D Sr Technologist
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Main Purpose of the Job**:

Managing Global multiple jelly candy projects of varying complexity, from formulation development to industrial line design & line start up and ensures on-time and on-budget delivery.

**Main Activities & Responsibilities**:

- Coordinate inventories of raw materials and finished goods and Ensure supply of raw materials in time for testing;

- Deals with the development of new molds or adaptation of existing molds, with the supplier;

- Plan, organize and perform trials and experiments in the pilot plant, necessary to achieve brief objectives in a timely manner.

Trials may be run independently or through help of laboratory;

- technicians which must receive accurate instruction on recipes and methods of execution;

- Recording accurately experimental objectives, methods, results and conclusions;

- Verify that test data has been entered into the recipes by lab technicians;

- Curatorship of lab equipment and also writing LAB SOPs when required;

- Support actively the organization of factory trials by liaising with Local R&D center and external suppliers, defining recipe, process parameters and product specification;

- Defines processes according to PI&D and the process capabilities of the production lines;

- Support the execution of the technological audits;

- Benchmarking and internal product evaluation;

- Perform Benchmark analysis;

- Transform analytical data from reference samples and internal customer requests into recipes, process parameters and product specifications;

- Coordinates all activities related to stability tests and then process the results;

- Performs the actions necessary for the evaluation of the test samples by relevant stakeholders;

- Contributing to cross functional team meetings and discussions, aiming agreed project plan and timing.

**Requirements & Skills**:

- Degree in Food Technology/ Chemist/ any other scientific matter;

- 10 years'experience in jelly candy products and processes;

- Technological knowledge in confectionary area, especially in jelly extruded technology;

- Good level of English to sustain technical discussion and report preparation;

- Good knowledge in product formulation/RMs and candy processes;

- Keen ability to pay attention to details at every step of the development process;

- A strong sense of creativity will also aid in the process of solving problems creatively;

- Ability to present complex information to team and different audiences;

- Ability to prioritize, schedule, and monitor multiple projects;

- Ability to strategically work cross-functionally with a variety of stakeholders;

- Project management skills.