R&D Manager - Sandton, South Africa - RCL FOODS Careers

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The Recruitment Team is currently building a talent pool of candidates who would be interested in joining RCL FOODS in the future

At RCL Foods we Grow What Matters together through our people and our unique culture, Our Way, An inclusive and high-performing culture with uncompromising integrity at its heart that is built on empowerment – where people are trusted and encouraged to take ownership and accountability – where we work together and accept responsibility for our actions.

An inclusive and high-performing culture with uncompromising integrity at its heart that is built on empowerment – where people are trusted and encouraged to take ownership and accountability – where we work together and accept responsibility for our actions.

We are currently seeking to build up a talent pipeline for a R&D Manager to join our Growth Division.

The ideal candidate should have an enquiring and innovative mindset and be passionate about pets and their nutritional needs. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the delivery of innovation projects, developing a high performing team and inspiring customer and consumers through new products and solutions. A keen understanding of the pet nutrition and the pet food categories will be advantageous.

As the manager of this growth function, you will be responsible for developing future innovation funnels, ensuring innovation projects and the cross functional teams are accountable to timelines. As a key function to generating growth, the R&D Manager will be required to keep the business informed in terms of category innovation trends and build ideation pipelines. This requires close collaboration with marketing teams.