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Sr. Director of Product Development – Niles, IL

The Position:

Imbibe is a leading innovator in the beverage industry. Our clients benefit from our holistic approach to product development where we engineer every beverage from the bottom up. We design custom components, such as ingredient blends, flavors and finished beverages for every project. Imbibe combines a powerful synergy of innovation, technical expertise and dedication to ensure our clients never settle for anything but the best.

The Position:

The Sr. Director of Product Development is responsible for leading the organization in research for new products, product enhancements and product redesign.  Evaluates the potential and practicality of products in development and relies on extensive experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.  This position requires exercising independent judgement to perform the responsibilities described herein. 

Responsibilities and Duties

Primary Responsibilities:

• Originate new products in concert with customer needs and business model.
• Selects correct design concepts and fundamental technology used for new products or improvement for existing ones.
• Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for monitoring projects such as preparation of records of expenditures and research findings, progress reports, and staff conferences, in order to inform management of current status of each project
• Negotiates contracts with consulting firms to perform research or other applicable studies or support
• Plans and formulates aspects of research and development proposals such as objective or purpose of project, applications that can be utilized from findings, costs of project, and equipment and human resource requirements.

 

Qualifications and Skills

Qualification and Requirements:

• A minimum of eight years in product development in the food and beverage industry
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Process orientation; demonstrated ability to develop repeatable processes or improve existing processes in and out of product development
• Project Management skills; will have demonstrated the ability to push projects over the finish line with sound planning and persistent execution; will understand how to align resources, seek the input of key constituents, and manage others to achieve desired results
• Open and collaborative style; must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are shared and challenged

 

 

 

 

 Why Imbibe?

Imbibe is the leading innovator in the beverage industry – we set the standard! Our clients benefit from our holistic approach to product development where we engineer every beverage from the bottom up. We design custom components, such as ingredient blends, flavors and finished beverages for every project. Imbibe combines a powerful synergy of innovation, technical expertise and dedication to ensure our clients never settle for anything but the best. To learn more about us, check out our website at www.imbibeinc.com.

Want to be a part of a growing team? Good idea. Here are some of the top reasons to work with Imbibe:

Industry Expertise – Simply put, we are beverage experts. Our industry focus gives us a greater degree of insight into the beverage and flavor world!

Innovation – We have a 40,000 sq. ft. facility that houses state of the art equipment, labs and a pilot plant.

Playful Culture - At Imbibe, in addition to your job, you’ll have opportunities to step away and challenge a coworker to a game of ping pong, or visit at the custom beverage bar. People should like where they work, and we strive to provide an environment that fosters playfulness, creativity and friendship.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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