User Account: Technical Product Manager
About The Position
We are seeking a skilled Food Scientist/Food Technologist with a strong beverage development background to drive customer-focused product development activities, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with market and customer needs. This is a full time, onsite position based in our Princeton, NJ office. Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, hours may occasionally vary depending on business needs and workload. Your role: Drive the product development activities along the different Lead to Order (LtO) stages in close collaboration with Sales Act as a technical expert providing guidance and insight during customer briefs and meetings to ensure technical alignment to client needs Being "technical" is an integral part of the opportunity team for all customer projects (LtO), responsible for prioritizing incoming brief/projects and project manage/controlling as well as checking product requests for technical feasibility Participate in tastings for product development In this role, you will collaborate closely with Sales and Business Units, as well as local and global D&A/R&D teams, to ensure customer needs are met Identifying gaps in the product range and establishing and constantly updating the product sub-range in collaboration with Application and Business Unit’s to deliver suitable product solutions in line with the given requirements into the LtO / for our customers Attend, participate customer visits and workshops taking place and conduct them independently in focus projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Food Science or other science-related field
- 3-5 years’ hands on experience in beverge development/application or beverage R&D
- Strong project management, follow-through and communication skills
- Strong technical background in beverage development
- Solid project management skills
- Ability to balance technical and commercial considerations
- Passion for sustainable, natural food and beverage products.
Responsibilities
- Drive the product development activities along the different Lead to Order (LtO) stages in close collaboration with Sales
- Act as a technical expert providing guidance and insight during customer briefs and meetings to ensure technical alignment to client needs
- Being "technical" is an integral part of the opportunity team for all customer projects (LtO), responsible for prioritizing incoming brief/projects and project manage/controlling as well as checking product requests for technical feasibility
- Participate in tastings for product development
- Collaborate closely with Sales and Business Units, as well as local and global D&A/R&D teams, to ensure customer needs are met
- Identifying gaps in the product range and establishing and constantly updating the product sub-range in collaboration with Application and Business Unit’s to deliver suitable product solutions in line with the given requirements into the LtO / for our customers
- Attend, participate customer visits and workshops taking place and conduct them independently in focus projects.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Coverage – Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
- Paid Parental Leave – Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Employee Engagement opportunities
- Döhler Academy for internal and external training programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
