Richa Singh

About Richa Singh

I am a goal oriented R&D professional with eleven years of experience in the food and…

Experience

1. Research and Development Manager

   Chobani

   Aug 2021 — Present

   Lead a team of R&D scientists to identify and implement innovative product and process solutions to meet consumer, customer, and business needs. • Ensure legal, regulatory, and quality standards are met during commercialization of new product. Execute projects within the defined time and financial frame. • Identify and document internal and external resource needs to support agreed upon development programs; effectively uses all available resources. • Lead and support in-plant projects to support improved product processing capacity and productivity. • Map and develop the technical career path for team of scientists to ensure sustained project output. • Work closely with HR team to recruit team of scientists to support innovation pipeline. Build career development plan, coaching module, and skill gap analysis for individual contributors in the team. • Identify, build relationships, and leverage alliances with external innovation partners like suppliers & vendors to accelerate new product & technology development • Proactively improve existing platforms and technologies. Identify innovation and technology opportunities and submit project brief for approval to senior management. • Lead pilot and trial designs to achieve the optimum cost, quality within the time constraint. • Build relationships with food technology departments of universities and professional networks. • Support procurement team to find and evaluate new suppliers for critical ingredients as a strategic driver for business growth. • Refine current processes in R&D and evolve new processes to prepare Chobani for continued growth.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Master of Science - MS, Food Science

  2015 — 2017

• National Dairy Research Institute

  B. Tech, Dairy Technology

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Haccp
• Food Science
• Food Technology
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Nutrition
• Process Engineering
• Renovation
• Food Processing
• Consumer Products
• Quality Control
• Commissioning
• Supply Chain
• Project Management
• Procurement
• Supply Chain Management
• Coffee
• Quality Management
• Product R&D
• Training
• Dairy Products
• Engineering
• Research
• Business Process