Technical Specialist

About the role

We are looking for a Technical Specialist for new Product development for Innovation, Non-Innovation and Raw material supplier development application within the site, actively partners with R&D, R&D Project, Supply Category project team and plant team for product development on product launches and reformulations.

Your responsibilities

• Support process development activities at site for NPD and productivity initiatives.
• Lead and conduct trials from pilot scale to plant scale for raw materials, formulations, processes in Wet process and Spray drying process in Milk / Infant formula manufacturing plant.
• Performs studies, development and qualifications ensuring the final product meets target physical properties, meets its functionality, cost, manufacturability, and the total product meet desired consumer acceptance metrics, regulatory requirements, environmental issues and sustainability, storage, transport, and distribution conditions.
• Maintains all formulation, operating parameters and manufacturing systems records at the site using tools like OPTIVA, GWINS & SAP.
• Provide technical support to manufacturing operation to ensure product quality and efficiency.
• Support commissioning, qualification, validation plant equipment in defined scope in capital projects to support innovation and supply chain initiatives.
• Drives structured problem analysis and design of experiment, to provide statistically based solutions to product and process development.
• Effectively communicates technical topics to key stakeholders, management and team members to influence decisions. Facilitates partnerships with key stakeholders on formulation, specification, equipment, and process changes.
• Develops the process knowledge of operators and others on site so that producing a quality product is seen as everyone's responsibility.
• Builds rapport and interacts effectively with employees at all levels, enabling continuous improvement.

The experience we're looking for