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New Product Development Manager (Edible Oils)
Gramiyaa, a Bengaluru brand of traceable, freshly made cooking oils, is hiring a New Product Development Manager. The role takes each new product from the marketing brief through formulation, packaging, shelf-life testing and costing to commercial launch.
- Country
- India
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Salary / stipend
- Pay not disclosed
- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site
- Function
- R&D / product development
Who can apply
B.Tech Food Technology or equivalent
Review the original notice to confirm the requirements. Related degrees are not automatically equivalent; the recruiting organisation decides eligibility.
What you’ll do
- Convert the marketing team's consumer brief into a technical product specification
- Develop formulations that meet the specification
- Work with packaging vendors on design, trials and compliance
- Run shelf-life studies to prove product stability against target
- Own the bill of materials and supplier selection to hit target cost
- Take products from brief to commercial launch
What the employer asks for
- B.Tech in Food Technology or an equivalent degree
- At least 3 years of food or FMCG product development, with products taken from brief to launch
- Understanding of products relevant to Gramiyaa's current and future range
- Working knowledge of FSSAI regulations and labelling rules
About the employer
Gramiyaa makes clean, traceable, freshly made cooking oils for home kitchens.
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
- Formulation development
- Shelf-life studies
- Packaging development
- Costing / bill of materials
- FSSAI labelling regulations
- New Product Development
- Product Development
- Formulation
- NPD
- R&D
- Reformulation
- Food Scientist
- Sensory evaluation
- 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
Original posting: 2026-11-07
Checked 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07
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