Posting date reported · time unknown · Found via Aggregator
Research and Development Manager (Seasonings and Tastemakers)
Navami Industries is hiring an R&D Manager at its corporate office in Dahisar, Mumbai to lead new product development of snack seasonings and instant-noodle tastemakers. The manager takes flavour formulations from bench trials to factory production, runs sensory and shelf-life studies and keeps FSSAI documentation in order.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 7–9 years
- Salary / stipend
- Rs. 15-23 lakh per year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
B.Tech / M.Sc. / M.Tech in Food Technology or Food Science
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Develop, match and optimise seasoning blends, dry rubs and tastemakers for snacks and instant noodles
- Run bench-top trials and scale formulations from the corporate test kitchen to commercial factory production
- Carry out sensory evaluations and shelf-life stability studies on new formulations
- Ensure FSSAI compliance and maintain bills of materials, specifications and technical data sheets
- Work with procurement to source raw materials and oleoresins
- Work with sales and marketing to meet client briefs
- Drive flavour innovation in line with market trends and optimise costs
What the employer asks for
- B.Tech / M.Sc. / M.Tech in Food Technology or Food Science
- 7-9 years of core R&D experience in savoury seasonings, snack powders or instant noodle tastemakers
- Deep understanding of spice chemistry, flavour matching, taste enhancers and industrial food processing
- Project management and team handling skills
- Good cross-functional communication
About the employer
Navami Industries makes snack seasonings and instant-noodle tastemakers, with its corporate office and test kitchen in Dahisar, Mumbai.
How to apply
Read the full notice and follow the instructions on the original application page.
Skills for this role
What employers ask for in R&D / New Product Development roles. named in this notice
- Seasoning formulation
- Flavour matching
- Spice chemistry
- Sensory evaluation
- Shelf-life studies
- FSSAI regulations
- BOM and specifications
- New Product Development
- R&D
- Product Development
- Formulation
- NPD
- Reformulation
- Food Scientist
- Shelf-life study
- Accelerated shelf life
Pay on similar vacancies
From 13 Industry vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
This vacancy: ₹1.25 lakh a month (upper end).
Prepare for the interview
Questions commonly asked for R&D / New Product Development roles. Practise answers with an example and a number.
- Take us through the stage-gate process you would follow for a new product, from brief to launch.
- How do you design a shelf-life study, and which parameters would you track for a bakery or snack product?
- How would you reduce sugar or sodium in a product without losing consumer acceptance?
- Which sensory tests would you use to compare a reformulation against the current product, and why?
- How do you check that a new ingredient is permitted and at what level under FSSAI regulations?
- Tell us about a formulation problem you solved in the lab or pilot plant.
Before you apply
- Read the original notice end to endDates, eligibility and the application route are decided by the employer, not by FSD.
- Tailor your resume to this vacancyMatch the keywords in the requirements. Resume Studio shows what is missing.
- Write a short cover noteTwo or three lines on your most relevant plant, lab or project result, with a number.
- Be ready to talk numbersCurrent CTC, expected CTC and notice period are usually asked in the first call.
Source & editorial check
Apply through Shine.com. Based at the corporate office in Dahisar, Mumbai.
Original posting: 2026-11-06
Checked 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07
Sign up free to open the original notice and the apply link.
