Magic Spoon

Product Manager

• Support innovation and renovation pipeline by overseeing scientist’s lab work, scale up trials, factory 1st productions, and post launch updates
• Provide guidance on best practices re: co-man comms, PLM, ingredient onboarding, genesis, regulatory (Flavored WONF etc.), etc
• Stay abreast of competitive products to ensure we stay competitive, review gaps in market, and stay on top of customer insights and trends
• Hold regular meetings with cross functional groups to evaluate new products, review ingredient usage, textures, formats etc.
• Evaluate ideas for new innovation using industry knowledge, external partners, rapid prototyping, etc.
• Preemptive work fiber + granola/ Fiber + fruit
• Manage team of food scientist’s workload and professional development
• Review of weekly benchtop priorities, analyzing/optimizing resource planning doc
• Collaborates cross functionally to ensure alignment of product development goals
• Create in-budget and in-specification products that meet consumer expectations
• Create specs/work with co-mans on improving (glanbia, shape change for treats/rice shaped pieces)
• Work internally and externally to develop and execute against product testing plans
• Lead sensory tests for product improvements and coordinate all product samples for innovation led sensory testing
• Lead bi-weekly Glanbia technical calls
• Ensure proper oversight of nutrition fact panel generation and ingredient declarations for all new and updated products
• Including items such as 3 way check (genesis, PLM data, ops primary supplier sheet)
• Travel to factories to support start up of new products and equipment as needed
• Problem solve and offer solutions to technical and business issues as they arise based on knowledge of manufacturing and formulation
• Support operations team in cost savings and efficiency measures from scoping to first production
• Lower cost ingredient swap outs, spec reviews/comparisons, etc.
• Identify and action opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the product department
• Complete SOPs, timeline reviews (eg. do we still need to allocate 40 business days for LTO development), working with FONA on projects like updating cost in use/carrier swaps.

Product Development Manager