Location

Australia - New South Wales

Date Published

Monday, November 13, 2023

Ref #

217

Work Type

Permanent

Business Unit

Supply Chain & Operations

Our Story:
The a2 Milk Company, driven by science and a pioneering spirit, disrupted the dairy and infant milk formula industry. Our vision is to create an A1-free world where dairy nourishes all people and our planet.
The a2 Milk Company seeks to achieve this through the naturally occurring a2 Milk® difference and by bringing a more sustainable approach to dairy.
Your Impact:
Reporting to the Group Head of Quality, Regulatory and New Product Development, and based at Mc Mahons Point, you will serve as the Product Development lead responsible for the technical development and delivery of Liquid Milk products including pasteurized milk, extended shelf-life milk, UHT milk, flavoured milk, and fortified milk. This role will also involve leading product development projects for Australian-based milk powder and adult nutrition products as well as overseeing the maintenance and enhancement of the existing product portfolio.
More specifically, you will be involved in:

• Creating new products, reformulation of existing products, and implementing cost-saving measures.
• Preparing formulations and providing technical direction and guidance to the product development team.
• Leading the development of technical briefs.
• Mentoring the team in product formulation, ensuring regulatory requirements and compliances are met.
• Ensuring all tasks within product development projects are delivered on time.
• Overseeing the collaborative sourcing of raw materials.
• Supporting the team with shelf-life validation/recommendation.
• Providing direction for product trials, validation testing, and first production runs.
• Leading and supporting product development activities at other company manufacturing sites to ensure consistency and alignment.

What you will bring:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in consumer-focused liquid milk and dairy powder development roles.
• Experience in the formulation, development, and delivery of dairy-based liquid products and some exposure in nutritional powders across multiple markets is essential.
• Ability to provide technical direction and expertise on formulation, new ingredients, new technologies, and factory scale up is essential.
• Experience coaching or managing others is highly important.
• Ability to partner with and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High attention to detail, results driven, and a strong team player.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to provide results with agility.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced culture and the ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally when required.
• Degree qualified in Food Technology, Food Science, Nutrition, or other related science degree.

What’s in it for you:
Health & Wellbeing @ a2:

• Gender neutral parental leave, offering 20 weeks at full pay with no minimum tenure requirement.
• Superannuation paid for the full duration of parental leave (paid and unpaid leave).
• Enhanced parental leave offerings (additional pay for birth of multiples, neo-natal paid leave, miscarriage leave).
• Grandparents Leave.
• Women's health leave and access to reproductive support services.
• Global wellbeing day – bonus day off each year.

Flexibility @ a2:

• Hybrid work policy (non-operational roles).
• Remote ‘work from anywhere’ – up to 2 weeks a year.
• Families @ a2 – access to resources and experts to support all stages of family life.

Reward & Recognition @ a2:

• 4 litres of fresh a2 milk weekly.
• Access to our global reward and recognition platform which includes the largest employee discounts program in the world.
• Opportunity to participate in community and sustainability initiatives.

Find out more about our great benefits here.

We pride ourselves on embracing a workplace where every team member feels respected, and free to share their ideas. Join us and be part of a team that celebrates diverse perspectives and promotes a supportive and collaborative environment. Here, your unique contributions will be valued, and you will have the opportunity to thrive both personally and professionally.