Beverage Development Manager - Diamond Bar, United States - Niagara Bottling

Niagara Bottling

Verified Company

Diamond Bar, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
Develop lasting relationships with great people.
Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Beverage Development Manager

The Manager of Beverage Development is responsible to lead the development team to develop and commercialize all beverages products and brands Niagara is manufacturing.

The incumbent will be responsible for delivering continuous pipeline of new and improved products as dictated by customers, in addition to supporting product improvements, cost savings, and portfolio maintenance.

They will partner with sales both from core and brand manufacturing to drive new beverage development projects to commercialization, advocating for technical excellence.

This incumbent will be the key leader in business growth projects, engaging manufacturing to bring products to launch successfully.

Essential Functions

Lead a team of food technologists/scientists to successfully develop new beverage products that will meet Core customers' success criteria as well as bringing brand manufacturing customers products to commercialization, while maintaining focus on meeting their specifications.
Maintain a highly motivated and agile technical team that supports each other and celebrate team's wins
Be the technical conduit to support sales teams on identifying production process and feasibilities for potential new customers/products
Manage careers, daily performance and career development of each team member. Balance staffing plans to meet business growth.
Leverage insights from food trends, consumer learnings, and technical knowledge to rapidly bring winning formulas to commercialization
Ensure team's accountability to support cross functional teams, including but are not limited to: compliance, QA, packaging, manufacturing, sales, supplier quality, and procurement.
Develop standards and requirements for beverage processing procedures and parameters required for new lines or batch room installations
Develop and manage a strategic product roadmap that quickly leverage the current product offering and expand adjacent product categories and customer base
Continuously improve procedures, polices, process within the beverage development department
Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, third party technical expertise, and ingredient suppliers
Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
4 Years Experience in flavor Development in the Food and Beverage Industry
4 Years Experience in specific Beverage Development
2 Years Experience managing people/projects

_experience may include a combination of work experience and education_

Preferred Qualifications:
6 Years
Experience in flavor Development in the Food and Beverage Industry
6 Years
Experience in specific Beverage Development
4 Years Experience managing people/projects

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_experience may include a combination of work experience and education_

Competencies

Proven track record of commercial success in beverage development with a minimum of 4 years of progressive product development experience
2 or more years of people management experience
Strong leadership, critical thinking, technical, communication and teamwork skills
Experience developing beverages for different manufacturing processes i.e., hotfill, coldfill, aseptic, CSD, etc.
Strong understanding of sensory language required and of ingredients used in the beverage industry, such as flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, colors, vitamins, etc.
Experience working cross functional teams including but are not limited to: sales, packaging, compliance, QA, manufacturing, and suppliers.
Experience in working with private label buyers is a plus
Strong organizational skill
Excellent communication skills written and verbal
Ability to evaluate and balance priorities
Able to solve problems and use discretion in dealing with proprietary and confidential information
Knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other systems as required

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

Lead Like an Owner
Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
Makes data driven decisions and develops