A day in the life of a Senior Product Development Specialist…
- Proactively propose and drive new ideas/projects/methods to R&D Center, Strategic Business Units and markets aligned with consumer trends
- Build and document knowledge about latest methods, trends and developments in relevant field of activity (R&D report, notes, patents, etc)
- Explore breakthrough process or technology that are patentable
- Actively promote Idea to Launch (I2L) Mindset and ways of working (including system)
- Give operational assistance in industrialization start-ups and product improvements following the technical assistance way of working
- Integrate Scientific, Technology, Quality and Safety and Environment knowledge into business
- Recommend, plan and deliver technical and scientific support for Ice Cream projects
- Lead and manage knowledge building and business related project activities with a proactive participation
- Present results/methods in written and oral form to interested parties or stakeholders
- Ensure Idea to Launch (I2L) project execution using Idea to Launch (I2L) ways of working and tools
- Suggest, create and improve ice cream prototypes
- Coordinate with local contracted ice cream manufacturers and/or markets to execute scale up of prototypes
- Provide accurate and on-time support to markets with effective (quality, cost and on-time) and sustainable solutions
- Actively participate in expert network to promote cross-fertilization between different sites
- Provide competency development and coaching to global Application (AG) Ice cream Team
