R&D Manager - Beverages

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft.

We’rereimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go –we’vegot you covered.

The R&D Manager, Beverages plays a key role in bringing innovative, consumer led beverage concepts to life, leading the development and commercialisation of new drinks that drive growth, profitability and customer excitement. Working at the intersection of consumer insight, product development and category strategy, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers and global partners to create high-quality, on trend beverage solutions, while also identifying opportunities to improve existing products through reformulation, nutrition enhancement and cost optimisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate product development professional to shape Costa's future beverage pipeline, delivering impactful innovation from concept through to successful launch.

Our teams make a difference. Whether that’sworking on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success.

We may be a global brand, but wehaven’tforgotten our roots.

That’swhere the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities andhelp your local community too.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.

And as an R&D Manager,there’snever been a better time to join.

Wedidn’tbecome a global coffee brand by sitting back. When you work here, you join a community that values passion,progression and integrity, with some pretty brilliantperksto sweeten the deal:

• Own a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP)
• An annual discretionary bonus scheme, based on business results and individual contribution.

• A smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10%

• The Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure

• 50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores

• Private medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme

• Andthat’snot all. Explore even more of ourperkshere: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./costaperks

We’repassionate about beinga great placeto work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. Wefirmly support diversity,equityand inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values:
Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players.

Being an R&D Manager, Beverages is about so much more than bringing our coffee to the world. It’s your chance to stir up real success, which means you'll be:

• Transforming consumer and category insights into innovative beverage products that excite customers and drive growth.
• Leading the end-to-end development and launch of new drinks, from concept creation through to commercialisation.
• Collaborating with cross functional teams, suppliers and global partners to deliver technically robust and operationally successful innovations.
• Shaping the future beverage pipeline by identifying emerging trends, ingredients and technologies.
• Enhancing existing products through reformulation, nutrition improvements and value driven innovation that supports quality, sales and margin growth.

It’syour unique…