Job Description

• Opportunity to grow your career with Kraft Heinz!
• Great work arrangement
Collaborative and dynamic work environment

• Project feasibility
• Prototype development
• New ingredient evaluation & approval product costing
• Establishing production methods
• Setting up of factory documentation
Supervision of factory trials and commercial production

• NPD
• Value Engineering
• In house or Co-Pack manufacture
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities
• Provide support to manufacturing, procurement
• Recipe control – ensure recipes and all other relevant documentation are entered into the data control system in a correct and timely manner
• Provide progress reports and final reports on time and in the format required.
• Development of technical product information including BOMs, production methods, label information, ingredient specifications, product specifications and shelf life evaluation
• Provide technical guidance to support project completion and adherence to business process in partnership with Marketing and other functions.
• Support growth and cost-saving opportunities for relevant business categories using commercial acumen and specific category knowledge.
• Provide technical support to Manufacturing and Procurement
• Provide technical guidance and input to QRMP and other business quality programs.
Perform assigned tasks in accordance with all Kraft Heinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and Ethical and Human Resources policies, programs and goals.

• Project management, planning and organisation skills.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to make recommendations
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability and integrity.
• Maintains consumer and quality focus, balancing risk and reward.
• Can do attitude
• Problem solving, analysis and attention to detail.
• Product development experience in the food industry with specialist technical skills, product and processing knowledge in relevant area
• Understanding of interactions between ingredients, additives, recipes, processes and packaging types
• Experience with use of business and production systems, Excel, Word as well as key board skills
• Experience with working through NPD stage and gate processes
Understanding of the FSANZ Food Standards code and food labelling requirements

• Hybrid Working – Flexibility around when and where you work
• Leave Options – Volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter
• Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand
In House Training Programs

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