About The Role

You are in charge of commercializing every Shameless Snacks product: taking an approved brief and delivering a formula, spec, supplier and stable first commercial production run, on the roadmap date and at the target cost. You own the technical answer to "can we make this, where, and at what COGS," and the go/no-go at each step from bench to first run.

Shameless is an omnichannel better-for-you confectionery brand. We do not own plants. Product is made by co-manufacturers across several confectionery platforms, and the company owns its formulas. This role is the technical center of that model.

What You Own

• The commercialization timeline for every product, brief to first production run, and the go/no-go at each step
• Feasibility and cost reads on every brief before it is approved: can we make it, where, and at what COGS - no experience with COGS and minimal knowledge of comans in North America
• You can also originate concepts for Brand to consider
• Formulation across all platforms,



with every formula owned by Shameless in writing - not sure this is clear as the base formulas would come from comans
• Benchtop samples, hands-on — you make them yourself and through flavor-house and co-manufacturer labs (there is no in-house lab today), and deliver them to Brand 3-4 weeks before flavor lock - have not seen comans having labs, without a lab this is difficult as you will need to rely on comans to run off production lines which would cost for trials, plus slow things down due to scheduling. Some vendors have PPs but depending on product and again their schedule. This is difficult.
• Technical specs and acceptance criteria: sensory, texture, shelf life, stability. You own technical sensory; Brand owns consumer acceptance
• Regulatory and label data: nutrition panel, sugar grams, allergens, claims substantiation - this is normally run by a regulatory person, not PD. Would need to be trained in Genesis to run label statements or any other software.
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📌 Director, Product Development (Colombia)
🏢 Shameless Foods
📍 Colombia