Product Delivery Specialist

Pet and Product Science Specialist (Scientific Support Specialist).
Royal Canin.
Contract: Through the development of new products and services, renovations/relaunches or lifecycle activations, the Global Pet and Product Science Specialist is accountable for the delivery of scientific knowledge, the definition of Key Product Health Benefits and Claims and the appropriate scientific substantiation for these claims within their ranges. They work in tight partnership with the R&D interfaces, Marketing Brand Managers and Corporate Affair teams to ensure these messages are embedded rigorously and consistently during the product development, launch and renovation processes.
Graduate in Veterinary Medicine, PhD in Animal Biology, Nutrition or similar

Significant experience (+5 years) in veterinary education, research or petfood industry.
Fluency in English (both verbal & written).
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with proven ability to communicate complex science verbally and through written materials, to a variety of audience including expert and non-technical audiences.
Provide guidance and insights regarding the nutritional and scientific content of projects
Ensure a consistent and rigorous nutritional and scientific approach is leveraged during the development of our products to fulfill the ‘Dog & Cat First’ principle.
Accountable for referral claims and evaluation of scientific evidence of on pack claims.
Engage in relevant workstreams with R&D, supply, commercial & regulatory to represent the insights on nutrition and health for pets; evaluate the scientific needs and inputs to contribute to regulatory dossiers (e.g. Balance the level of science with our partners in demand, activation & regulatory affairs to maximize business impact in the most efficient way.
Develop and disseminate the scientific content of new product, driving engagement in the story, performance and benefits of our products
Provide the level of science requested for regulatory, KOL, countries, brand communications and customers (veterinarians and breeders).
Deliver internal training to Royal Canin associates and help upgrade our approach in terms of claims development, substantiation, performance evaluation & product formula design.
to provide global science communication team with all the scientific elements required to train the local sales forces.
Keep up to date with science in an assigned territory and follow the competition, connecting with marketing brand manager and preparing appropriate support to answer countries technical questions on the range/territory.
Provide support for any regulatory challenges, collaborating with Regulatory Affairs. Capture and leverage existing external (Universities, scientific literature, Key Opinion Leaders) or internal (Discover Team research, Field trials, product performance evaluations etc..) scientific knowledge on Pet (physiology, pathologies...) Gather (from product performance monitoring and QFS) and follow the technical performance of a product range (feeding performance, digestibility, customer feedback, requests of regions and the market environment …) and monitor the business performance of the range.
You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office
You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs
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