Coca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink in history. An icon of all times, Coca-Cola is the best-known product in the world. As a business, The Coca-Cola Company is constantly developing new products, acquire great brands and pioneer new ways of doing things. We sell four of the world's top five non-alcoholic sparkling drinks (Coke, Coke light, Sprite and Fanta) and 3,600+ products in over 200 countries, including water, juices, energy drinks, and even tea and coffee. Altogether, that adds up to more than 1.9 billion drinks around the globe every day.
Coca-Cola is recruiting to fill the vacant positions below:

Vacancy Title: Product Design & Innovation Manager

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Vacancy Location: Lagos

Qualification: B.Sc/ (Chemistry, Biology, Food Science, etc.). .

Experience: 8 years

Other Requirements:

Bilingual skills (English & French)

Cultural Diversity:

Need to understand cultural differences in different markets to translate data into meaningful business insights. Has worked most of his/her career in a collaborative working situation, in which different viewpoints from a range of stakeholders needed to be taken into account to arrive at a productive solution.
Has worked most of his/her career in a collaborative working situation, in which different viewpoints from a range of stakeholders needed to be taken into account to arrive at a productive solution

Travel Requirements:

Significant travel may be required within and outside the BU – 50%

Responsibilities

Assumes overall responsibility for product formulation, optimization and compliance initiatives for the Business Unit (BU).
Responsible for crafting product development brief in liaison with respective Strategic Marketing Managers
Acts as the principal sole point of contact between BU and designated Research & Development facilities working on new formulation development for all BU NPD projects
Drives formulation prototype design, manufacture and screening in conjunction with R& and in compliance with BU and company research protocols.
Manage the communication and effective flow of information and approval systems associated with the Technical Commercialization Process.
Establish, communicate and enforce policies and processes regarding formula and regulatory issues, thereby ensuring efficient stewardship of all product related activities including all Technical, Marketing and legal approvals.
Develop, share and ensure effective use of Best Practice and Common Platforms relevant to Product Innovation.
Explore and assess potential relationships with R& and CPS partners (e.g. cross BU partners) for the purpose of sharing investment/risk, or enhancing business through new brands, technologies and processes.
Is the PAR process owner in Picasso (the company’s formula database), coordinating the creation, submission, approval, issuing and maintenance of Formulas.
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