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Unilever · 2 hours ago

Product Development Senior Scientist - Pepsi Lipton Joint Venture

Purchase, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$86K/yr - $129K/yr

Unilever is a global company operating the Pepsi Lipton joint venture, which focuses on the ready-to-drink tea segment. The Product Development Senior Scientist will be responsible for product development activities across the Ready to Drink brand portfolio, specifically for Brisk and Pure Leaf, ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory aspects while managing supplier interactions and documentation.

ConsumerFast-Moving Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingPersonal Care and Hygiene

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Design and execute practical and lab-based work programs linked to assigned projects, including initiating and maintaining formal lab notes, trial reports, experimental write-ups, and handover documents

Contribute to project timelines, risk analysis, and resource loading for assigned projects, ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory aspects, and company policies

Source ingredients and manage supplier interactions, including documentation, samples, ordering, and specification builds, while integrating quality into parent company systems and processes

Generate prototypes to meet project requirements, liaising with the pilot plant for larger-scale production, managing non-standard ingredient ordering, and providing key documentation

Lead the creation and delivery of product-related documentation, including consumer testing materials, registration, certification, and local BU-specific requests

Own functional specification delivery and utilize digital tools to ensure technical outputs for artwork and labeling, coordinating with specification experts, concentrate teams, and QA for alignment

Manage scale-up trials to confirm viability, including trial briefing and acting as point of contact with SC, Technical Contact Managers, Quality teams, and suppliers

Coordinate with Consumer Technical Insights, Sensory, and Brand Insights to support prototypes, panels, and consumer tastings, and manage prototype sample shipments to test locations and stakeholders

Ensure regulatory compliance for prototype development and ingredient selection, liaising with local deploy partners and cascading outputs to relevant stakeholders

Support broader technical activities and R&D requirements, maintain awareness of competitor landscape, supply chain models, and liaise with parent company groups for knowledge building

Qualification

Food Science degreeProduct development experienceCross-functional collaborationFood hygiene qualificationInnovation deliveryMultitasking abilityCommunication skillsAttention to detailOrganizational skillsTime management

Required

Able to work in Valhalla, NY

Degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, Chemical Science or Engineering and/or relevant experience in FMCG in fields related to product or process development/manufacturing in foods or beverages

Experience of working cross-functionally and with external suppliers

Experience of delivery of innovations from brief to market deployment

Foundation training/qualification in food hygiene

Passion to work in a practical & lab- based setting

Proven track record of product development

Creativity & flair with ability to innovate and translate product brief into winning launches

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail especially with experimentation, data recording, analysis & reporting

Strong organizational skills

Good time management and priority setting skills

An ability to flex and multitask