Back to search.PepsiCo UK & Ireland - Project Manager Long Term Research - English Speaking
| Employment Type: | Permanent |
| Location: | Leicestershire - East Midlands, United Kingdom, Leicester |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Languages: | English, German |
At PepsiCo innovation takes centre stage. That means our Europe R&D team are at the heart of the action and are kept busy creating exciting new products for consumers across the continent, from Leicester toHamburgtoMoscow.
In a fast-moving consumer environment, our research and development capability is crucial to provide a fresh twist to our favourite brands as well as creating new healthy choices that we need to succeed in the market. Focusing our research and development on meeting the latest consumer needs - whether nutrition, refreshment or indulgence -will drive our growth both now and in the future.
Do you share our passion for innovation? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level.
We currently have an opportunity in our Long Term Research team for a Project Manager to run a critical project looking at new technologies in collaboration with one of our partner universities. This will be a combination of practical work, working with academics and running the project alongside a number of smaller projects.
Principal Accountabilities
Manage day to day academic partnership projects through best practice project management of work programmes to budget and time. This will including external and internal project team, government agencies and suppliers.
Responsible for the manufacture and design of prototypes in partnership with academic and internal collaborators ensuring the execution, quality and cost requirements of projects.
Working with ingredients and equipment suppliers to formulate new ingredients suppliers in conjunction with academic partners.
Generate hypotheses and conduct sound project research - plan, design, organise, execute and report statistically sound experiments in a precise and timely manner to generate and test new hypotheses. Make recommendations based on data analysis and input from others.
Identifying product solutions to delight the consumer and manufacturing product prototypes. Proving consumer/sensory/analytical samples to assist in determining process development direction.
Develop practical solutions for problems encountered on current assignments, connecting with external world with an Adopt - Adapt - Invent mindset.
Grow capable people by coaching and implementing development plans for others within the team.
Technically savvy, must be able to learn, apply and adapt new and varied technologies, giving the flexibility to move between projects.
Desired Skills & Experience
Requires Ph.D in Science/Food Science/ Biochem/Chem-Engineering or equivalent skills/experience
Competence at product and/or process development
Must have project management experience
Must be practically minded and adept at using processing equipment and scientific instruments in a Pilot Plant environment,
Competent at working with pilot scale equipment, with an appreciation of operator and equipment safe working practices (HACCP, HAZOP, PUWER, etc.)
Equally at home in an office environment and a busy Pilot Plant,
Must enjoy working as part of a team, working closely with other scientists to form part of a multi-skilled team
Must apply a scientific approach to understanding complex interactions between material properties and process conditions, and their influence on finished product attributes
Very good attention to detail, highly numerate and computer literate (Microsoft Office)
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively (verbally and written)
Must be self-aware of interaction style to adapt accordingly, and be willing to act on feedback
Effective negotiation skills to ensure equitable use of shared Pilot Plant resources
Whilst the role is day based at one location, willing to work flexible hours on occasion and travel as necessary.
Valid driving licence
In a fast-moving consumer environment, our research and development capability is crucial to provide a fresh twist to our favourite brands as well as creating new healthy choices that we need to succeed in the market. Focusing our research and development on meeting the latest consumer needs - whether nutrition, refreshment or indulgence -will drive our growth both now and in the future.
Do you share our passion for innovation? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level.
We currently have an opportunity in our Long Term Research team for a Project Manager to run a critical project looking at new technologies in collaboration with one of our partner universities. This will be a combination of practical work, working with academics and running the project alongside a number of smaller projects.
Principal Accountabilities
Manage day to day academic partnership projects through best practice project management of work programmes to budget and time. This will including external and internal project team, government agencies and suppliers.
Responsible for the manufacture and design of prototypes in partnership with academic and internal collaborators ensuring the execution, quality and cost requirements of projects.
Working with ingredients and equipment suppliers to formulate new ingredients suppliers in conjunction with academic partners.
Generate hypotheses and conduct sound project research - plan, design, organise, execute and report statistically sound experiments in a precise and timely manner to generate and test new hypotheses. Make recommendations based on data analysis and input from others.
Identifying product solutions to delight the consumer and manufacturing product prototypes. Proving consumer/sensory/analytical samples to assist in determining process development direction.
Develop practical solutions for problems encountered on current assignments, connecting with external world with an Adopt - Adapt - Invent mindset.
Grow capable people by coaching and implementing development plans for others within the team.
Technically savvy, must be able to learn, apply and adapt new and varied technologies, giving the flexibility to move between projects.
Desired Skills & Experience
Requires Ph.D in Science/Food Science/ Biochem/Chem-Engineering or equivalent skills/experience
Competence at product and/or process development
Must have project management experience
Must be practically minded and adept at using processing equipment and scientific instruments in a Pilot Plant environment,
Competent at working with pilot scale equipment, with an appreciation of operator and equipment safe working practices (HACCP, HAZOP, PUWER, etc.)
Equally at home in an office environment and a busy Pilot Plant,
Must enjoy working as part of a team, working closely with other scientists to form part of a multi-skilled team
Must apply a scientific approach to understanding complex interactions between material properties and process conditions, and their influence on finished product attributes
Very good attention to detail, highly numerate and computer literate (Microsoft Office)
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively (verbally and written)
Must be self-aware of interaction style to adapt accordingly, and be willing to act on feedback
Effective negotiation skills to ensure equitable use of shared Pilot Plant resources
Whilst the role is day based at one location, willing to work flexible hours on occasion and travel as necessary.
Valid driving licence
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