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About the Role
This role supports the development of RTD coffee beverages from concept through commercialization, applying deep product development expertise to lead ideas from concept to execution. You will conduct laboratory experiments, prepare prototypes, collect and analyze data, and help ensure products meet quality, regulatory, and consumer expectations.
Responsibilities
- Develop lab-scale recipes driven by consumer insights and technical/supply chain requirements, following GMP and company protocols.
- Conduct sensory, analytical, and shelf-life testing together with the Micro and stability teams.
- Support pilot and commercial production trials, ensuring processes and packaging compatibility.
- Partner with Marketing, SRA, Supply Chain, Packaging, and Quality for seamless delivery under manager supervision.
- Connect with global technical experts to import best practices.
- Keep lab equipment in top condition.
- Follow safety, compliance, and documentation standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s/ Master’s in Food Science, Chemistry, Nutrition, Chemical Engineering, or similar.
- 1–3 years in product development in food or beverages.
- Knowledge of beverage formulation, ingredient functionality, and processing basics.
- Familiarity with sensory evaluation, analytical testing, and basic experimental design.
- Ability to connect daily work to project and business goals and anticipate next steps.
- Ability to understand the insights of target consumer/customer and direct competitors.
- Ability to generate new ideas by questioning assumptions and exploring alternatives.
- Ability to apply solid technical expertise to deliver high-quality work independently.
- Ability to analyze problems independently and propose practical solutions.
- Ability to lead by example and informally mentor others.
- Ability to make timely decisions within scope, balancing speed and quality.
- Fluent in English; regional languages a plus.
Skills
- Product Development
- Formulation
- Beverage Development
- RTD Coffee
- Laboratory Experiments
- Prototyping
- Data Analysis
- Quality Assurance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Consumer Expectations
- Sensory Evaluation
- Analytical Testing
- Experimental Design
- Scale-Up
- Pilot Production
- Commercial Production
- GMP
- Safety Standards
- Compliance Standards
- Documentation Standards
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Work Type
- Individual Contributor
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Early-career
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
Benefits
- Career growth and development
- Access to educational platforms
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Feedback
- Diverse and inclusive culture
- International Experience
- Work along multicultural teams
About the Company
- Our Tokyo Innovation Center sits at the heart of The Coca-Cola Company’s next chapter of growth.
- We are committed to transforming and evolving our organization and ambitions — bringing our people closer to the consumer, continuously raising the bar, and embracing digitalization to enable sustainable growth.
- We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference.
- We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves.
- We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve.
- We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years.