Product Research and Development Specialist - Sesto San Giovanni, Italia - Campari Group

Campari Group
Campari Group
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Sesto San Giovanni, Italia

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Piero Bianchi

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Descrizione

Date:
Jul 21, 2023- Location: Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, IT- Additional Location:

  • Function: R&D
  • Seniority Level: Associate
  • Employment type: Permanent
  • Workplace Type: Hybrid
  • Company: Davide Campari Milano N.V.Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.


Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.


General Description of the Role

Key Responsibilities and Activities

  • Support and/or lead new product development projects by developing new formulations and/or new processes.
  • Support and/or lead ingredient qualifications.
  • Partner with marketing and project management teams to generate and execute innovation projects and initiatives.
  • Support and/or lead exploratory research and development to sustain future innovation initiatives.
  • Design and execute scientific/R&D experiments and analyze results.
  • Support marketing in ideation sessions and workshops.
  • Support renovation projects that may explore alternate formulations, ingredients, suppliers and/or processes.
  • Batch and process formulas of semifinished and finished prototypes or products needed for marketing and/or additional testing.
  • Identify areas of improvements and opportunities related to products and processes and support the technical feasibility.
  • Support plants and/or comanufacturers on product and process optimization.
  • Keep up to date with technological innovations and develop new innovations and/or improvements that unlock new opportunities for Campari Group.
  • Request and organize necessary technical documentation from suppliers.
  • Ensure compliance of formulations with all relevant market requirements.
  • Ensure formulations meet budget requirements.
  • Execute accelerated stability testing plans and analyze results to predict shelf life and/or stability of products.
  • Manage across multiple systems documentation control of all necessary ingredients, technical information, process directions, and formulations.
  • Define and populate product specifications within a global centralized system.
  • Build and manage liquid bills of material within a global centralized system.
  • Oversee first production of products to ensure successful industrialization.
  • Train plant personnel (i.e. Processing and Quality) as well as marketing and commercial teams on new products.
  • Provide support to Legal, Operations and Commercial teams on technical inquiries related to products.
  • Support in technical assessments and/or audits of current and potential suppliers and/or comanufacturers, when necessary.

Key Relationships

_Internal:
_Supervisors and Managers of Supply Chain, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Legal, Plants, Procurement


_External:
_Suppliers, Co-manufacturers, Laboratories, Research Centres


Experience Required

  • 2+ years of product development experience is required

Education / Professional Qualifications

_Skills_

  • Team working (i.e. ability to work with others across all boundaries to reach common objectives).
  • Good project management skills.
  • Strong chemistry and mathematical skills.
  • Good technical capability with a proven track record of project management and delivery.
  • Sensory experience of foods and/or beverages is required.
  • Keen understanding of good manufacturing and laboratory practices, especially within food and beverage industry.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
  • Good negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to align the different interests of internal parties.
  • Strong safety, quality and maintenance background is a plus.
  • Knowledgeable of regulatory compliance (e.g., TTB, HAACP, Food Safety).
  • Good diagnostic skills.
  • Able to work within a lab environment and operate typical laboratory equipment.
  • Ability to develop and make presentations.
  • Good trouble shooting skills and multitasking skills.
  • Data analysis experience.
  • Competent in Microsoft Office Applications.
  • Must have a very good knowledge of English and Italian languages. Competency in French is a plus.
  • Flexible to travel extensively both domestically and international.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment.

Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual's race, religion, creed, color, nationa
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