About GMG:

GMG is a global well-being company retailing, distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home-grown brands across sport, food and health sectors. Its vision is to inspire people to win in ways that make the world better. Today, GMG’s investments span across four key verticals: GMG Sports, GMG Food, GMG Health, and GMG Consumer Goods. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family, it has become a leading global company, affiliated with the world’s most successful and respected brands in the well-being sector. Working across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, GMG has introduced more than 120 brands into its markets.

About the Role:

The R&D Associate will play a key role in supporting of entire R&D day to day functions. The incumbent in this role conducts R&D trails, tasting sessions, presentations of existing and under development samples to the technical team as per the R&D plans. The incumbent in this role requires a strong background in manufacturing and deep knowledge of meat products processing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Adhere to SOP given by the company related to the R&D process.

• Learn about all the in-house recipes and functioning of the equipment on the test kitchen as well as manufacturing facility.

• Cooking of all the samples, competitor’s samples for the internal analysis/presentation.

• Evaluate the food products to assure that the quality standards are consistently attained

• Operating a variety of most advanced variety of kitchen appliances and instruments including bowl chopper, grinder, tumbler, fryer, knives etc.

• Maintain all the ingredients, supplier data for further analysis as per company requirements.

• Maintain high standards for sanitation, cleanliness, and safety in the innovation kitchen.
  

Required skills & Qualifications:

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Basic English written and verbal communication skills.

• Basic sensory analysis skills.

• Knowledge about the products and its processing steps.