Senior TPM R&D Specialist

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At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .

Excellent benefits package with family healthcare

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A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Primary Functions : Establish effective working relationships with Third Party Manufacturers (TPM), Commercial and Abbott Nutrition Supply Chain (ANSC) Divisional functions including Regulatory, Medical, Tech Centre and Quality to provide support for product moves and New Product Introductions. A logical thinker, the R&D Associate will bring a technical and scientific expertise to all matters pertaining to the delivery to market of new powder and liquid nutritional products which are produced at Third Party Manufacturers in Asia and Europe. An ‘innovation oriented’ contributor with excellent attention to detail and communication skills, the R&D Associate will have the ability and inquisitiveness to comprehend the details behind processes and transactions beyond his/her direct area of responsibility to ensure compliance to both regulatory and product design requirements.

Scope Includes:

Product Development

Design new products or variations of existing products. Design and re-formulate existing nutritional products for manufacture at TPM sites to meet new regulations or to meet new market requirements. Formulate new premixes. Support the qualification of new ingredients, including premixes, and suppliers. Support the supplier audits as required Support the development of manufacturing processes for the manufacture of new and existing products at the various TPMs.

Documentation Development

Draft new document packages for new list numbers/list number FE’s Revise existing documentation as needed. Create Raw Material Specification documents for new ingredients and advise QA on Raw Material testing Program requirements

Create protocols for investigation and stability activity. Prepare Deviations in the Quality Systems to support First Lot To Stock manufacture.

Technical Expertise

Support assessment of new suppliers and ingredients. Assess inherent data from ingredients and adjust formulations as necessary Draft finished product testing requirements Identify new testing requirements and premix markers. Create special documentation as required to support registrations Investigations for alternate claims. Provide supplemental information to Market Affiliates, Medical Safety and Regulatory Affairs Troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing issues Support QA function of the TPM group with investigation of complaints, deviations and Exceptions Reports.

Project Activities

Support the development of project scope, trial and budget requirements. Develop test plans and test requirements through the life cycle of the product. Attend project meetings for all R&D activities with the project team and the TPM(s) and provide technical leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams to develop several products in parallel.

Stability Data 

Maintain repository of stability data for TPM products. Be accountable to identify, cost-out and oversee product testing and stability program requirements for existing products, new product placements and strategic resourcing initiatives .

Education  : BSc in food science or engineering preferred

Experience  : Minimum of 3 to 5 years of prior experience in formulation and manufacturing processes of powder and liquid nutritional products in the Nutritional industry

Travel: Estimate at 20%