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Deputy General Manager – Mini Meals NPD (Fixed-Term Contract)
Tata Consumer Products is hiring a Deputy General Manager on a fixed-term contract to lead new product development for its Mini Meals portfolio from Bengaluru. The role takes projects from concept and feasibility through pilot and plant trials to commercial launch.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 8–10 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Contract
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Manage the Mini Meals innovation portfolio from concept validation to commercialisation under stage-gate management
- Scan for innovative ingredients and technologies and generate new product and platform ideas
- Run projects ranging from flavour extensions and ingredient changes to disruptive new categories
- Conduct technical feasibility studies and define in-house or outsourced development strategy
- Build prototypes for consumer testing and document ingredient and product specifications
- Keep records of bench-top, pilot-plant and production trials and start shelf-life studies
- Manage food-safety aspects of development with the compliance team
- Support manufacturing sites in resolving process and product issues and work with operations, quality and third parties to commercialise
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors within project budgets
- Share knowledge with the international NPD team
What the employer asks for
- Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or related discipline
- 8 to 10 years of industry experience, at least 4 in new product development projects
- Creative product development experience in breakfast cereals, bakery or confectionery
- Thorough understanding of formulation strategies and processing technologies
- Good understanding of sensory evaluation and of packaging-product interactions over shelf life
- Strong project management, communication and presentation skills
- Able to manage several concurrent complex projects and influence internal customers
About the employer
Tata Consumer Products is the Tata Group's food and beverage company (tea, coffee, salt, pulses, ready-to-eat and other packaged foods).
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
- Stage-gate NPD
- Formulation
- Shelf-life studies
- Sensory evaluation
- Pilot plant trials
- Project management
- New Product Development
- NPD
- Product Development
- R&D
- Reformulation
- Food Scientist
- Shelf-life study
- Accelerated shelf life
- Scale-up
- Pilot plant
Pay on similar vacancies
From 12 Industry vacancies on FSD in the same role family that publish pay. Monthly, before deductions.
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
Fixed-term contract. Apply through the LinkedIn listing.
Original posting: Date not stated
Checked 2026-11-06 · Updated 2026-11-06
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