Head- Product & Process Research

Job Description :

Job Title - Head- Product & Process Research

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function:

 Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.

Role Responsibilities:  

Qualification: Ph.D.  ( Biochemistry/Chemistry) 

Experience: Strong industrial research experience (15 years or more) in relevant FMCG, Diary Industry, Flavour Industry, Alco Bev (Post Doc: not essential but desired)

Skills and capabilities:

• Strong leadership quality
• In depth knowledge of process chemistry & biocehmistry of flavour generation from natural raw material processing . Individual must have hands- on experience in the area of Flavour precursor biosysnthesis, enzymatic flavour formation, volatile organic compounds & flavour interactions with matrix . Idividual must have an appreciation for certain areas of process biochemistry in addition to the above. These include Biocatalysis, fermentation technology, bioprocess engineering, Systems biology. Individual must be well-versed with recent technological advancements in all the above areas.
• Demonstrated experience in achieving research goals 
• Strategic research plan and timely execution for the business growth

Responsibilities:

S&T Program:

• Develop S&T Project pipeline ( raw material- grains and agri waste streams, yeast, precursors and enzymes application for flavour block generation across grain and malt spirit, sustanability in operations through water and carbon, value generation from waste streams, distillary digitization) by driving multi-disciplinary actions within various scientific as well as technological areas to fulfil current as well as future business needs
• Design and deliver S&T Projects OTIF for innovation, productivity, capability and future sustainability of the business  
• Ensure deployment of projects across the various geographies of the business
• Coach, guide and mentor the team so that projects are completed as per timelines and challenges encountered by the team are tackled
• Coordinate and work closely with, liquid innovation, sensory and consumer insights, manufacturing, sourcing and innovation to ensure smooth functioning of projects 
• Drive a culture of collaboration by running projects with cross functional teams as well as with external collaborators on exploring open innovation opportunities

Productivity initiatives:

Maturation Chemistry : Maturation of  Spirits - technlogy applications
• Lead science and scale up program ( also involving new agee technology application) of various spirits maturation projects for Malts and grains

For Grains platfom 
• Lead development and running of alcohol yield process improvement projects in lab and demonstrating the Proof of Concept (POC) at pilot level

Capability improvements:

Analytical methods for assessing various markers of quality of spirits
• Technology scan and methodology development for analytical markers. Development and standardization of various new age tools and provide analytical guidance to various research and innovation programs

 Liquid Innovation Projects 
• Responsible for providing S&T based solutions to the Liquid Innovation team during their new liquid Development

Open Innovation with External Collaborator (Industry or Academia)
• Responsible for running projects with external collaborators & evaluation of its progress at every stage of development 

Scientific inputs to Regulatory and DST renewal 
• Responsible for reviewing regulatory documents and providing inputs
Ensure yearly filing of DST returns through new S&T projects

Vendor development with Sourcing
• Support the sourcing function with scientific insights that helps techno-commercial evolution of raw material vendors

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore Technical Centre

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-03-05