Dr. Richard Röhlig

Part of PepsiCo's Food Safety & Quality organization working as Process Authority for Western Europe cross category (Juice, Tea, Dairy, Snacks, Grains & Grains). Qualification and validation of processing and filling equipment, as well as engineering review of new technology platforms to ensure microbiologically safe and high quality finished products.

R&D quality assurance subject matter expert for thermal and non-thermal processing, aseptic technology, and ESL/high-hygiene filling with a strong focus on juices, tea, and dairy. Enabling product innovation by delivering food safety assessments of manufacturing processes and sites, as well as processing and filling equipment.

Project Lead & Manufacturing Support; Baby Food, Healthcare Nutrition, Culinary, Coffee; Aseptic Processing, Retort & Post-Pasteurisation, Spray- & Rollerdrying; Factory Thermal Processing Specialist; Legal Compliance, Product Declaration and Release Criteria; Supplier Audits (ISO 9001/FSSC 22000); Sensory Specifications & Evaluations; Innovation Project Management & Product Development; Recipe, Ingredients, Product Portfolio Management; Continuous Improvement (LSS), Problem Solving and Training

Personnel Responsibility, Supervision of Students and Lab Trainings Development and Validation of Analytical Methods for GC-MSD/FID and NIRS Identification and Quantification of Constituents in Grains Data Mining by Uni- and Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Metabolite Profiling of Maize: Development and Validation of Methods for GC-MSD/FID and NIRS for the Identification and Quantification of Constituents in Grains, Data Mining by Uni- and Multivariate Statistical Analysis