To support Royal Canin to become a Health through Nutrition Company, R&D team has an ambition: Step change the longevity and quality of life of cats and dogs by offering personalized, proactive, predictive and participatory health through nutrition solutions.
What are we looking for?
Education & Professional Qualifications:
MSc (Engineer B+5) and/or DMV
Fluent in English
Knowledge / Experience:
Person has experienced in external Cat & Dog panels (agencies) and/or facilities and /or Breeders/ and Clinical Trials
Knowledge of R&D, Markets/Marketing, Supply chain (Logistics)
Comfortable with data management and communications
Minimum 3 years’ experience
Petcare methodology knowledge
What are your key responsibilities ?
Explore animal needs of the new project to generate insights and opportunities in Pre-quest
Initiate & Identify insight coming from the field to anticipate the future needs
Deep dive on what is missing today to succeed
Collect data from the field and update knowledge with research team.
Anticipate potential study to explore new territory and long-term study on commercial product to fill the gap
Support the Solution Designer to shape our innovations for cats and dogs in order to answer to customers and pet owners’ needs.
Lead and define Solution Performance studies
Build and align with the Pet & Product Scientist as well as marketing the performance plan for new solutions to be able to support claims and Product KQA and to prove the efficacy of the solution globally.
Select and recruit international partners for the clinical studies
Coordinate documents submission to the Royal Canin Scientific Advisory Committee and to Ethics Committee
Plan to ensure Solution Performance studies delivery on time
Monitor and deploy Solution performance studies
Help to Supply products to monitor Product Performance studies
Organize and coordinate all internal validation and external clinical product performance tests
Monitor the Product Performance study budget
Compile the clinical study report and the statistical power of the results
Create the clinical data sheet
Standardized the protocol to be used by the local market
Review and communicate validation of the product performance to all stakeholders
Collect test and learn for the future project and anticipate vigilance field trial (phase 4 post launch)
Maintain and develop relationships with internal & external partners
Maintain international relationships with external agencies, collaborate with markets to network with Cat and Dog breeders/KOLs in all regions, and guarantee the image of Royal Canin R&D expertise in Dog and Cat world.
Contribute to the community of practice to maintain the foundation of the animal trial best practices (SOP, Target, methodologies).
