R&D Director

Driving R&D strategic product initiatives, innovation, renovation and productivity for the Marina Food & Beverage Creations business.

Lead R&D projects from concept to launch.

Partnering with marketing to deliver Brand Pipelines, Innovation, & Renovation according to Business Goals and Strategies.

Executing and delivering the innovation agenda for Food & Beverage Creations.

Continuous improvement in effective ways of working with pilot plant to increase productivity and efficiency to unlock potential for all businesses.

Leading the selection of key new vendors with procurement and maintain strong relationships with incumbents to continuously identify and deliver on innovative ideas and expanded capabilities.

Collaborating closely with all relevant stakeholders to support operational excellence in scaling product launches across both internal and external manufacturing facilities.

Catalyzing the development of new products, processes, and technologies.

Explore new process and ingredient technology solutions to deliver differentiated products with relevant consumer benefits and to maintain superiority.

Comply with all Marina Management Systems and all other company policies and procedures.

 
Qualifications:

Master’s degree minimum, graduate degree in Food Science preferred.

10-15 years experience in product design/development (preferably in the food or beverage industry). The ideal candidate will have progressive and increasing levels of responsibility and leadership accountability with a minimum of 10 years managing product programs and people.

Demonstrated Leadership in cross functional teams involving marketing, sales, purchasing and manufacturing in the development of new products.

Technical depth and relevant experience in food sciences, technology, and processing. 

Able to fully understand complex and unstable business environment in order to activate proper strategy to drive business results from a top and bottom line perspective.

General knowledge of the processes within marketing, industrial design, supply chain and sales channels.

Strong commercial acumen, technical development skills, judgment and understanding of the business and industry. 

Ability to create a roadmap for short term and long-term technical deliverables and skills to influence relevant cross functional business partners for implementation.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent business skills and understand the levers of R&D.

Self-starter, autonomous and demonstrated ability to bring innovative ideas.