Development Kitchen Specialist - Coffee (Contractor Role)

About the role Reporting to the Head of Product Development Kitchen, this role will be responsible for test kitchen output in support of our New Product Development business unit. As the Development Kitchen Specialist – Coffee, you will assist in setting testing goals for new and sustaining products, evaluating test outcomes, collaborating with global test kitchen teams, ensuring appliance testing is conducted in line with product development standards, and creating written and visual reports. This is an opportunity to join a world-class coffee team, working alongside highly credentialed coffee scientists and internationally recognised coffee champions to help shape the next generation of coffee products and experiences. This is a 12-month Contractor role based in Alexandria, Sydney. This will be part-time (2 days a week). This candidate will need to hold ACN and insurances. Key responsibilities include: Product and performance testing and reporting Support product teams in their consumer testing and insight initiatives Develop testing requirements with key project stakeholders Be the expert on Coffee trends and authorities in the coffee arena, providing insights on how to best leverage them in pursuit of customer growth Continuous identification of opportunities to improve processes