Manager, R&D(J105097)

Professional Expertise

• Provides professional expertise that benefits Starbucks
• ◆ Executes the product development innovation process from end to end.
• ◆ Manages the commercialization and scale up activities.
• ◆ Understands business and performance metrics and what’s needed to drive the business.
• ◆ Applies strategic thought and decision making for the benefit of the business.
• ◆ Utilizes knowledge and relationships internally and externally to solve problems.
• Product innovation
• ◆ From new idea generates and prototype design to final product launch at store, driven by consumer insight and mkt insight. Fulfill yearly launch calendar.
• ◆ Work closely with tech. insight team to collect / down load and apply industry insight / new tech. to new product innovation projects.
• ◆ Engage with concept team to translate and land new concept / prototype to lab sample which could be commercialized.

Supply management

• ◆ Continue enhance supplier’s innovation capability and leverage their industry expertise to serve new product development agenda.
• ◆ Work closely with suppliers to predict potential risk / solve problems, ensure new products smoothly launch.
• ◆ Support strategy supplier base maintain and new supplier development

Commercialization

◆ Lead trial run / shelf life test and technical file / spec. setup / complete in different commercialization stage of new ingredients and products.

◆ Cost control at new product develop stage, make sure profit meet target.

◆ Support second supplier development to mitigate risk

◆ Support QA / RA to ensure quality control and compliance.

Project management

◆ Well timeline control at different new product development stage and on time deliver result.

◆ Leverage and integrate resource to enhance project management efficiency

◆ Good interaction in cross-functional team to make sure project has progress and clear information transformation.

◆ Degree in Food Science, Nutrition or related scientific discipline.

◆ Deep knowledge and experience of product development and manufacturing scale up of food and beverage products, deep knowledge of quality assurance and regulatory compliance in food & beverage industry, more than 8 years of working experience in food & beverage industry

◆ Strong collaboration and problem solving skills, good team player with strong accountability, good project management skills

◆ Strong communication skills, effective storytelling skills, fluent in both English & Chinese,

◆ Experience in leading others directly or indirectly, ability to lead and grow others is preferred, able to collaborate and influence stakeholders externally

◆ Passionate & resilient, curious in everyday life

◆ Culinary experience will be preferred