Product Research Sr Analyst - Latin America R&D
This is a position for a R&D Sr Analyst within the Latin America Baby & Child Care R&D organization who will work on product development formulated projects supporting all categories products.
As part of our strategy we are currently looking for a **Product Research Sr Analyst** who will be located in **Suzano -SP** **with the following activities as part of his routine:
1)Ideation and Product Improvement
- Work closely with marketing, global and other Latin America R&D teams to generate ideas to develop new products and improve existing products, keeping in consideration product cost, engineering feasibility, product safety, legal, process capability, material availability, etc.
Rapid prototyping when needed.
- Work closely with Latin America sector and country marketing teams to understand consumer and market trends and identify future product opportunities to the innovation roadmap in the market.
2) Product machine trials, prototyping, performance test/learning Plan and claims
- Plan and lead the development of product trials and learning plan action standards to ensure appropriate development.
- Verify any potential issues on material, product design, process feasibility on new product designs
- Lead the team to develop and execute plans to address potential process, equipment and/or product issues during Develop and implementation of project
- Lead performance test (qualitative and quantitative) execution and analize results to transform them in product design improvements.
Accountable and decision maker of product Learning Plan
- Accountable for claim support substantation strategy
3) Project Management
- Plan woth cross sector team all the project necessary activities to develop a new or improved existing product, with regional scope.
- Create and lead project schedule execution on time and with quality.
- Influece sector team without formal structure.
Lead himself proactively and always within KC behaviours
4) Documentation, invention disclosures and patents and specifications
- Maintain good documentation of knowledge and research and development works.
- Ensure creative ideas are protected in a timely manner to support business growth.
- Responsible to gather all appropiate information on product develop and communicate convincingly for decision making
- Ensure DPS and RMS are replicable through understanding process, machine feasibility and supplier capability, as well as aligned within Latin America countries
5) Product Design to Value
- Continuously seek out opportunities for and support cost optimization programs
- Achieve business need for reduced cost at equivalent quality of products.
- Eliminate non-value added features, materials, product dimensions to deliver winning products at the lowest cost
**Requirements**:
- Bachelor's and/or advanced degree in Chemical, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Microbiology or Chemical Engineering
- Experience in Research & development, product development, renovation projects.
- Experience in formula development and design for manufacture practices;
- Fluent/Advanced English and Advanced Spanish is required
- Awareness of applicable laws and regulations;
- Advanced understanding of material supplier's manufacturing process;
- Experience working with 3rd party vendors;
- Availability to go to the mills to accompany projects.
**Global VISA and Relocation Specifications**:
**Primary Location**: Brazil
- Suzano
**Additional Locations**:
**Worker Type**: Employee
**Worker Sub-Type**: Regular
**Time Type**: Full time