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NPD Manager – New Product Development
Eat Better Co, a growing healthy-food and FMCG brand, is hiring an NPD Manager in Jaipur to take products from idea to launch. The manager runs formulation, trials, shelf-life and packaging work with third-party manufacturers while managing cost and FSSAI compliance.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 4–6 years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
Bachelor's or master's degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering or related field
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Lead new product development from ideation and formulation to commercialisation and launch
- Run market research, competitor analysis and consumer-trend studies
- Develop concepts, formulations, prototypes and samples
- Manage product trials, sensory and taste tests, shelf-life testing and packaging development
- Coordinate third-party manufacturers, vendors and suppliers
- Manage product costing, BOMs, raw-material selection and margins
- Ensure FSSAI, food safety and labelling compliance
- Assess manufacturing feasibility and scalability before launch
- Maintain specifications, formulation records and trial reports; track post-launch performance
What the employer asks for
- Bachelor's or master's in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering or related field
- 4 to 6 years in NPD, preferably FMCG or food manufacturing
- Proven launches of food products from concept to market
- Hands-on work with third-party and contract manufacturers
- Knowledge of formulation, processing, packaging and shelf-life validation
- Experience in costing, BOMs and sourcing; knowledge of FSSAI and labelling
- Preferred: snacks, healthy or packaged foods experience
About the employer
Eat Better Co is a growing food and FMCG company making healthier packaged foods and snacks.
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
- Product formulation
- Shelf-life testing
- Sensory evaluation
- BOM and costing
- FSSAI labelling
- Contract manufacturing
- New Product Development
- NPD
- Product Development
- Formulation
- R&D
- Reformulation
- Food Scientist
- Shelf-life study
- Accelerated shelf life
- Scale-up
Pay on similar vacancies
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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 the LinkedIn listing.
Original posting: Date not stated
Checked 2026-11-05 · Updated 2026-11-05
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