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As Product Development Manager at PepsiCoyou are Responsible for innovation and technical brand ownership for the category Snacks / Tortilla Chips and Dips by managing the technical components and innovative agenda and setting plans that support PepsiCo’s objectives and targets, location Leicester (UK).

Position

• Responsible for innovation and technical brand ownership for the category Snacks / Tortilla Chips and Dips by managing the technical components and innovative agenda and setting plans that support PepsiCo’s objectives and targets
• Managing and coaching a team of 2 R&D Project Managers directly and 1 R&D Project Manager indirectly at an international location
• Scoping product and process development to plan, explicitly incorporating food trends, consumer insights and technological feasibility into development
• Leading new product development projects through the innovation process to the point of product launches
• Maintaining and expanding an external network with ingredients and equipment suppliers, research institutes and creative agencies
• Ensuring R&D best practices are available and used
• Working in close co-operation with colleagues of R&D within a European and Global function, and Marketing and Operations
• Reporting to the Technology Head Snacks and Tortilla Chips/Dips.

Profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Engineering or alike
• Several years of experience in technological product development, preferably in FMCG and/or the food industry
• Some years of coaching/managing a small professional team is preferred
• Effective in communication and able to influence and win people over at several levels of an organisation
• Comfortable working in a professional, dynamic, commercially driven and international organisation
• Strong presentation and organisational skills and ability to work in a project management structure within time frames
• Personal skills: decisive, innovation drive, self starter, coach, persistent, inspiring, creative, analytically strong, business minded and pragmatic

Company
PepsiCo is the second largest food and beverage company worldwide with a turnover of nearly $60 billion per year and over 285,000 employees. With more than 200 great brands, including household names like Pepsi, Tropicana, Gatorade, Lay’s, Quaker, Snack-a-Jacks, Smiths and Duyvis. PepsiCo believes in doing the right thing for our people, our consumers and the communities in which we live and work. The three key pillars - Talent Sustainability, Human Sustainability and Environmental Sustainability - are the foundation of our 'Perfomance with Purpose'. The R&D vision is to delight, nourish and sustain consumers everywhere by delivering innovation built on a strong foundation of science and technology. For this, world-class technology is combined with deep consumer insight to develop new, healthier and sustainable products that make a real difference to people’s daily lives. The R&D team is working in an international and multidisciplinary environment with highly talented, dedicated, diverse and empowered colleagues. In order to further strengthen the R&D team we are currently searching for an ambitious Product Development Manager.

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If you are interested in this position, please contact Annoek Kogelman, telephone: +31 (0)317-468686 or +31 (0)6-12504148, or email/send your written application to: info@dupp.nl / Den Uijl Ploeg & Partners, Gen. Foulkesweg 66, 6703 BW Wageningen, the Netherlands.