Manager- Research & Development - IMDU - R&D Administration

GRIFFCO Foods is a food service partner that provides expert, sustainable food solutions with extreme agility for businesses in the GCC, Levant region, Egypt, and Pakistan. We are looking for a Manager- Research & Development to lead our R&D team and develop best-in-class sustainable products and solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum Degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry or similar
• Proven management and leadership experience at senior level
• Language: English is a must
• Experience in technical development of savoury products, including protein and snacks
• Experience of working in country and internationally
• Current awareness of local and global flavour trends, culinary trends, and new technology in food applications
• People Leadership and team development
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• A creative problem solver across the value chain (from raw materials to customer scale up)
• End to end product leadership, from culinary through to scale up (manufacture)
• High level learning agility
• Drive for results
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Business acumen
• Ideally with B to B or food service experience
• Priority setting
• Project management
• Benchtop development, with an eagerness and proven ability to be hands on