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Research & Development Specialist-Beverages

Chennai
Full-Time
Mid-Level: 3 to 5 years
Posted on Sep 02 2025

Not Accepting Applications

About the Job

Skills

Beverage Development
Regulatory Compliance
Food Safety
Sensory Evaluation
Shelf-Life Testing
Nutritional Analysis
Flavor Chemistry
Stability Testing

We are Hiring for Research & Development Specialist-Beverages

Company Profile: 

Food Buddies is an industry’s leading food consultancy firm propelled to its success by a young dynamic team. We give life and form to your concept and set it rolling. We make sure that your concept has high commercial values. Our motto is to make the idea and concept of every client a success by listening, analysing and customizing the right solution to save precious time, money and energy. 

The Different verticals of our services are 

  • Food Product development 
  • Food Industry Implementation 
  • Business Growth Strategy 
  • Food Branding 
  • Food legal 

Visit our website www.foodbuddies.in for more details

Qualifications & Experience

·      3-5 years Research & Development work experience in Beverages

·      Qualification - B. Tech or M. Tech Food Technology/Food Science/Food Process Engineering or related

·      Demonstrated experience in developing new products at Lab level and scaling up to Industrial level

·      Demonstrated experience in understanding market trends and developing innovative products

·      Good Project Management skills with experience in managing Client projects

·      Possess Good communication and Presentation skills. Ability to build Strong Business Relationships.

Roles & Responsibilities:

·      Understand the Expectations and Deliverables of the Project and Ensure Proper Planning for delivering the same.

·      Demonstrate Good Knowledge about Ingredients and their functionalities. Identify & Suggest vendors for Ingredients to Procurement team

·      Investigate different Formulation combinations and Processing techniques to develop and optimize the product and establish product, process & sensory parameters

·      Supervise/Conduct lab trials and internal sensory. Ensure Proper recording of Data & Results.

·      Delegate activities to Product Development Associate (PDA) and monitor their work and productivity.

·      Ensure timely documentation of all reports as per Organization requirements.

·      Identify & Evaluate Third Party Manufacturers and Conduct trials at their Factory for Commercialization of the Product.

·      Possess basic knowledge in Regulatory (FSSAI) & Legal compliances and ensure all developed products comply within those regulations.

·      Coordinate with NABL accredited External Labs for analysis of developed Products and results

·      Ability to frame Product labelling requirements such as Ingredients list, Nutritional Information, etc


If interested do share your updated resume to ramya@foodbuddies.in

About the company

Food Buddies is your Research & Technology Partner in your journey.

Industry

Food & Beverages

Company Size

11-50 Employees

Headquarter

Chennai

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