Product Formulation Manager

The Company

A global, market-leading ingredients and solutions business operating across food, beverage, and nutrition. Part of a larger international group, the organisation offers long‑term career development, strong investment in innovation, and the opportunity to work with high‑profile customers across multiple categories.

The Role

This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the design, scale‑up, and commercialisation of nutritional premixes and sports nutrition products. You will lead the Product Formulation function, owning the end‑to‑end formulation process from customer brief through to launch, while ensuring regulatory, quality, safety, and commercial requirements are met. The role combines hands‑on formulation expertise with people leadership, customer interaction, and continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and develop the Product Formulation team, building capability and high performance
• Own formulation strategy, resource planning, and departmental budget
• Oversee development of nutritional premixes and sports nutrition products across powder, RTM and RTD formats
• Ensure formulations are science-based, stable, compliant, cost‑effective, and fit for purpose
• Approve specifications and support pilot trials and shelf‑life validation
• Partner with commercial teams to scope customer briefs and deliver right‑first‑time formulations
• Provide technical input to customer compliance, raw material approval, and dual‑sourcing initiatives
• Act as a subject‑matter expert supporting internal stakeholders across quality, production, and customer service
• Drive improvements in systems, documentation, KPIs, and ways of working

Person Profile

You are an experienced formulation leader with a strong scientific background and a commercial mindset, confident working across technical, operational, and customer‑facing environments.

Essential experience and qualifications

• Degree (BSc/MSc) in Food Science, Nutrition, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, or Chemical/Process Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in food or nutrition manufacturing, with at least 3 years in people leadership
• Hands‑on experience formulating premixes (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, botanicals, probiotics)
• Strong knowledge of sports nutrition categories (proteins, creatine, BCAA/EAA, electrolytes, pre‑workouts)
• Expertise in powder processing and formulation challenges (flowability, segregation, hygroscopicity, encapsulation)
• Proven ability to design science‑led formulations with good sensory understanding
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

REF: PR/013211

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