Beverage Specialist

Job Title Beverage Specialist

Department Food & Beverages

Location - Bangalore (Work from Office)

Role Overview

Chai Point is seeking a Beverage Specialist with a strong educational and technical background in food or beverage sciences . This role focuses on beverage standardization, quality consistency, process optimization, and large-scale execution across a QSR environment.

This is not a service or bartending role , but a product and process-driven position supporting operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Standardize and maintain hot and cold beverage recipes in line with brand and quality benchmarks
• Ensure consistency of taste, strength, and presentation across outlets
• Work closely with Quality Assurance, Operations, and Supply Chain teams
• Define and update SOPs, brewing parameters, ingredient specifications, and preparation standards
• Conduct sensory evaluations, trials, and validation for beverages before rollout
• Ensure adherence to food safety, hygiene, and regulatory standards (FSSAI and internal norms)
• Support scale-up and execution of beverages in QSR production and outlet environments
• Evaluate ingredients and vendors from a quality, functionality, and compliance perspective
• Identify and resolve beverage quality deviations and drive continuous improvement

Educational & Skill Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in:
• Food Technology
• Food Science
• Beverage Technology
• Dairy Technology
• Hospitality with strong technical beverage exposure
• 48 years of experience in QSR, food manufacturing, beverage brands, or institutional F&B
• Knowledge of Tea & coffee - Leaf Beans & premixes RTD
• Strong understanding of:
• Beverage preparation science and extraction principles
• Ingredient functionality and formulation basics
• Sensory evaluation and quality control
• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and compliance standards
• Detail-oriented, hands-on, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, scale-driven setup

Why Join Chai Point?

• Opportunity to work with a leading beverage-focused QSR brand
• High-impact role influencing beverage consistency at scale
• Strong cross-functional exposure within operations and quality teams