3333) Assistant Manager – Flavour Development

📂Department: R & D, Production
📌Reports To: Directors (R&D)

🎯Role Overview
The Assistant Manager – Flavour Development is a senior technical role responsible for leading complex flavour creation projects for nutraceutical and functional food applications. The role involves innovation, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring commercially viable,stable, and regulatory-compliant flavour solutions.

⚒️Key Responsibilities

• Independently develop and optimize innovative flavours for nutraceutical formulations in line with customer briefs, regulatory requirements, and cost targets.
• Lead end-to-end flavour development projects from concept to commercialization, ensuring smooth scale-up from laboratory to production.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including R&D, Quality Assurance, Production, and Sales to troubleshoot formulation challenges and improve product performance.
• Conduct advanced sensory evaluation, stability studies, and application testing to ensure consistency and shelf-life performance.
• Evaluate new raw materials, ingredients, and technologies to expand the flavour portfolio and enhance product differentiation.
• Stay updated with market trends, customer preferences, and global regulatory guidelines relevant to food and nutraceutical flavours.
• Utilize analytical tools and techniques (such as GC-MS) for flavour profiling, troubleshooting, and quality improvement.
• Mentor and guide junior team members, supporting skill development and maintaining best laboratory practices.
• Support client interactions, technical discussions, and trials as required.

⚒️Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong expertise in flavour chemistry, formulation, and stability for nutraceutical applications.
• Proven project management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Knowledge of Indian and global food regulations related to flavours and nutraceuticals.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to cross-functional teams.