R&D Manager  Food Technologists  To ensure the safe and efficient development, modification and manufacture of food products and processes. 1. Develops new products i.e. idea generation to launch
2. Products formulation, supplier selection and approval 
3. Reduces costs through reformulation and material substitution
4. Oversees product costing and business case development  
5. Conducts quality improvement projects 
6. Plans, organises, leads and controls R&D projects 
7. Complies with internal standards and procedures 
8. Ensures regulatory compliance i.e. Ministry of health certification of products
9. Protects intellectual property
10. Develops and communicates internal specifications for raw and packaging materials, as well as the process and final products. 
11. Manages daily R&D expenditure 
12. Oversees current processing and packaging technologies and ingredients.
13. Determines product shelf life
 Performance Review
Monthly Report
Weekly Report
R&D weekly meeting
R&D Projects meeting
Daily updates � emails, face to face and phone calls
Various R&D reports
 Balance Score Card
Weekly plans
Portfolio meetings
Various R&D technical reports
Sensory Evaluation Sessions 
Face to face meetings & emails 
Telephone/Cellphone/Social media
  Performance Reviews (Annual and Quarterly Plans)
 Prepare and submit weekly portfolio plans
 Prepare for sensory evaluation sessions
 Production trials plans and briefs to production. 
 Project Gantt Charts
 Undertake supplier visits
 Undertake market visits
 Formulation and reformulation of products. New product development    Degree in Food Science and Technology/Nutrition/Food Chemistry/Dairy Technology
 Diploma in Project Management
  Diploma in Marketing Management/Market Research
 Finance for non-Finance Managers
 Packaging and plastics technology Diploma, Statistical packages i.e. MS Excel 
 5-7 years  Must have knowledge of SAP
 Must have good reporting skills 
 Must be innovative
 Must have excellent communication skills both written and oral
 Must have meticulous attention to detail, especially with regard to food hygiene and safety
 Must have strong analytical and numerical skills
 Must be a good team player
 Must have time management and organisational skills
 Must have good problem solving skills
  Decides on raw materials specifications to be used in product development
 Decides on packaging material specifications to be used in product development
 Decides on the approval of alternative suppliers of raw and packaging 
 Decides on the approvals on packaging format/types
 Approval on the labelling requirements 
 Decides of the laboratory trials, shelf life study approach in product development
 Decides on recipes
 Decides on shelf life of products
  Trial failure at commercial scale
 Lack of support for production trials and other departments which affect turnaround times.
 Multi factory site trial scheduling and planning 
 Supplier changing specifications of approved samples
 Lack of cooperation from suppliers which lengthens results delivery and increases development costs.
 Unplanned alternative supplier development from procurements, which complicates the budget.
 Procurement buying unapproved materials/alternative materials which affects formulations, costs and quality consistency.


Job evaluation subgrade: D