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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. · 1 day ago

Director of Product Development

Frisco, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$146K/yr - $200K/yr

12+ years exp

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is a leading beverage company in North America, and they are seeking a Director of Product Development to lead the innovation and productivity agendas for their product portfolio. This role involves collaborating with various departments to develop and commercialize products, manage a team of scientists, and drive efficiency within the R&D budget.

CoffeeFood and BeverageManufacturing

Hiring Manager

Eddie Miranda

Responsibilities

Partner with Marketing to build the Innovation strategy across our CSD portfolio and Food Service channels by influencing stakeholders and peers on the strategic vision and road map

Leads the Product strategy, planning, influencing, and commercialization of the Food Service agenda with the Commercial and Marketing team

Implements the CSD R&D strategy, goals, and business plans to drive growth while appropriately allocating resources to balance immediate and long-term objectives

Collaborate with R&D, Marketing, Commercial, Procurement, and Supply Chain on the CSD Innovation and Food Service pipeline across the KDP portfolio

Partners actively with R&D leaders in the progression of Design-to-Value, Product Design, New Technologies, Supplier partnerships, and external innovation to build out a robust multi-year pipeline

Manages team of Scientists, where role is empowered to make decisions & recommendations on productivity ideas and development while influencing key stakeholders and Brand owners on the purpose, functionality & role of the product

Provides technical leadership in the development and optimization of products from bench to pilot scale up, and through full commercialization for the US and Canadian market

Proactively influences and co-leads Innovation workshops, planning, and the technical and financial assessment of ideas with cross-functional partners

Develops and communicates key business updates to stakeholders and senior leadership

Ability to create and lead processes to drive efficiency, resolve complexity, and prioritize high performance team behavior

Inspires, motivates, and develops talent maintaining a forward thinking, agile, and people focused environment

Manages and aligns the overall CSD and Food Service R&D budget and planning

Qualification

Food ScienceProduct DevelopmentCross-functional LeadershipFinancial AnalysisConsumer DesignChange ReadinessPresentation SkillsProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

Minimum bachelor's degree, graduate degree is a plus. (Food Science or Engineering preferred)

12+ years of experience with a food/beverage company is highly desirable

5+ years' experience managing, leading, and developing direct reports

Additional experience with hot fill, cold fill, retort, and aseptic processes is a plus

Proficient in consumer design and value creation is a plus

Extremely strong skills in business acumen, financial analysis, influencing, leading cross-functional teams

Must have excellent presentation and communication skills

Demonstrated consumer empathy for developing consumer centric propositions

Ability to travel is required

Ability to manage ambiguity and complex problems

Create solution paths reflecting a range of sustainable, functional, and technically feasible options

Understanding of and experience in managing the inter-dependences and relationships between all aspects of R&D, Marketing, Finance, Commercial, and Supply

Self-motivated, takes initiative, highly collaborative with strong problem-solving skills

Positively influences peers and stakeholders

Change readiness, resiliency and flexibility to thrive in fast moving organization