Shahab Mahmood Khan

Sr Product Development Manager Snacks at Pepsico

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since September 2018

 Responsible to deliver PepsiCo snacks innovations (Cheetos/Sunbites/Popcorn/Pellets) business objectives.
 Responsible for supporting innovation ideas generation and pipeline development for SBP programs (5 years).
 Responsible for Developing an appropriate extrusion NPD pipeline to ensure flexible and rapid delivery of initiatives to support business growth.
 Responsible for leading Clextral BC 72, Schaaf 1200, Random Extruder Machine, Torbed 1000, Frypack and AD100 technologies and working together with the technology applications and new and emerging platforms team to develop strategic and competitive solutions for the platforms.
 Responsible for developing products prototypes for internal screening, sensory evaluation and consumer research
 Responsible for providing technical and business risk assessment/perspectives related to new product development, ingredient qualification.
 Responsible for product design and execute experiments and analyze and interpret data to make sound technical recommendations on product and process issues.
 Responsible for leading PepsiCo health and wellness program by reducing Sat. Fat and Sodium from current product portfolios.
 Responsible for leading the value engineering projects for productivity initiative, engaging with procurements, supply chain, and other cross functions teams and managing technical aspects of the products.
 Responsible for leading technical brand stewardship of extruded, popcorn, pellets products portfolios.
 Responsible for partnering cross-functional business development teams; Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering and other groups to ensure alignment and deliver innovations project on time.
 Responsible for partnering with R&D disciplines as Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Nutrition, Regulatory, Insight, Packaging to ensure a robust, safe and legal product design (Stage Gate).
 Led and developed following innovation projects from ideation to scaleup successfully as technical brand manager
o New mixed product Mix-ups under Cheetos brand having 4 shapes, 3 pellets + 1 Doritos and two flavors in one pack by live production without any capex investment.
o New flavors on Sunbites Bread Snacks for GCC & Levant markets
o New affordable pellets products Loops under Cheetos brand with affordable price point of 0.5 SR to enter into 0.5 SR market segment with 3 new flavors.
o Extended backed Cheetos Curls footprints with 2 new flavors and price point of 0.5 SR to enter into 0.5 SR market segment.
 Led several value engineering, H&W, RA compliance projects for productivity and business continuity. i.e.
o New ingredient supplier development having cost impact on P&L.
o Reformulation of existing products without compromising product design.
o PepsiCo H&W commitment to reduce Sodium from existing product.
o Removal of MSG, annatto from product for RA compliance (Schools Canteen).
o Product / Packaging label compliance for added sugar, cholesterol and trans fatty acids to meet local regulation (SFDA).
 Leading new R&D associates technical capability building & development programs; developed and roll out “Buddy Program”, partnering for onboarding & on job training to build new R&D associates capabilities to deliver business objectives.
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