senior product developer, Tea

Details: Job Summary and MissionThis job contributes to Starbucks success by planning and executing complex and multiple assigned projects related to the development of food and beverage products that support the successful execution of company initiatives. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.Summary of Key ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:Gathers, analyzes and maintains product and technology trend information and conducts idea generation sessions to initiate creation of new food and beverage products. Designs and conducts benchtop experiments and tests, including Product Guidance testing recommendations, plant trials and in-market testing to deliver project requirements. May supervise temporary and permanent lab technicians in the execution of assigned tasks. Establishes key technical performance indicators and measures to ensure progress to commercialization and implementation consistent with project timelines. Identifies potential suppliers and manages their development of key ingredients and products. Maintains project file, develops technical manual, and documents intellectual property.Leads the commercialization phase of projects by developing product and process specifications and conducting plant testing for selected prototypes. Develops initial cost of goods, packaging, labeling and regulatory information. Ensures that products and processes have met initial quality assurance, safety and risk assessment requirements.Provides technical input to clarify project requirements and prepares project plans for approval, prioritization and allocation of technical resources. Ensures that key technical hurdles and deliverables are set and agreed upon. Develops work plans and cross-functional timelines. Manages the project information flow and acts as the key project liaison between the cross-functional team and Research & Development and Quality Assurance. May lead project teams and present reports to senior management.Supports the start-up and implementation of the product. Revises technical information in the specifications. Develops Recipe Card and finished product preparation targets. Prepares commercialization summaries and project reports. Consults on development of training materials. Transitions project to Supply Chain and Coffee Operations (SCCO) and Quality Assurance. Supports ongoing technical improvements and testing.

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Technical Product Support Manager- 12019816

Details: Office Location / Address:  NJ- NEWPORT OFFICE CENTER 7 480 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD JERSEY CITY NJ 07310 USA - 27969 Education Level:  Bachelor's Degree Shift:  Day Job Employee Status:  Regular Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com. Pro-actively monitor the critical CitiDirect and CFX applications and provide real-time application support to eliminate or avoid customer impact. Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve problems and outages in production, UAT, and QC.  Support application releases and other software updates. Deploy Digital certificates (Entrust, Verisign) in the various UAT and Production environments. Field technical calls from EBOC and customer service for Production and UAT issues. Support data center in resolving patch install issues.  Support weekend maintenance activity.Hold daily deployment meeting and extensive co-ordination with the Technical Project Managers, Software Developers, Testers, Production Support, SAs and DBAs for planning and scheduling the deployment of code in the Production and Non-Production environments. Reviewing and approving UNIX, AIX, Windows 2003 and Database Installation instructions, verifying code base installs were successful. Preparing the weekly change calendars, creating change controls and follow up on their Approvals. Creation of Deployment and Release plans in Microsoft Project.

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