Today TGBL, renamed to Tata Consumer Products, is home to well-loved brands – Tata Tea, Tetley, Tata Salt, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Himalayan Water and emerging brands like Tata Sampann, Tata Soulfull, Tata Gluco Plus and Tata Water Plus.
Our offerings are rooted in the core Tata values of responsibility and welfare of the community. Our brands are present in over 40 countries with a diverse workforce spread across the world.
As Tata Consumer, we aim to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and innovative products, that will delight consumers and create lasting value for all our stakeholders.
- Date: 2 Dec 2025
- Location: Lucknow, UP, IN, 225302
- Company: Tata Consumer Products Limited
- Function: R&D
At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!
How does this Job align to our Strategy?
At the core of Tata Consumer Products’ business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.
This job opportunity closely aligns with more than one of these key strategic pillars, which are Driving Innovation and Exploring New opportunities along with Accelerating our Core Business. The role objective is to bring to drive and execute the Product Innovation efforts for the product development in Supplements category where ideas/concepts are taken to commercialization.
What are the Key Deliverables in this role?
Financial Outcomes
- Support new product development and cost saving initiatives by conducting lab prototypes, ingredient alternatives, scale up trials etc.
Customer Service
- Execute the product development plan with focus on prototype development.
- Conduct pilot plant/factory trials and launch support, collaborating with CFT and third parties as required with all required documentation.
- Provide timely & appropriate inputs for successfully resolving process / product issues at manufacturing locations.
Internal Processes
- Create ingredient, product and process specifications including the recipe/BoM on the prescribed Specification Management Systems
- Design and manage sensory testing plan and protocols (using RedJade platform).
- Ensure maintenance and servicing of NPD lab equipment.
- General upkeep of the NPD laboratory, Sensory Room, Storage areas and Pilot plant with assistance, wherever required.
Innovation and Learning
- Conduct benchmarking of various products, market study and documentation
- Support to deliver innovation-based products in supplements category
- Design and manage stability study protocols for the projects assigned.
What are the Critical success factors for the Role?
- Post graduation in food science / Food Technology
- Proven 1-2 years of experience working within product development / Innovation within FMCG organization
- Product development experience and able to demonstrate a thorough understanding on formulation strategies and processing technologies.
- Good understanding of sensory evaluation, packaging and its interactions with product safety and acceptance through shelf life.
- Ability to multi-task and have travel flexibility
What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?
- Knowledge base of supplements, nutrition and food regulations.
- Excellent networking skills and ability to leverage knowledge, know-how and capability.
- Good communication and presentation skills
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