🔬In this conversation Ep #109 of the My Curious Colleague CPGCX podcast, Denise Venneri🔍My Curious Colleague and Tamanna Ramesh, MS, MBA discuss working effectively and successfully with product developers in the contact center. Tamanna shares her background in food science and product development, as well as her passion for empowering women and minorities in STEM. They explore product development key concepts plus the process of product development, from generating ideas to commercialization, and the importance of collaboration between product development and consumer affairs. Link to episode in Comments below... Special Offer: Tamanna offers a special opportunity for listeners to consult with her on their career challenges & questions. The first 5 listeners who reach out to Tamanna Ramesh, MS, MBA via DM on LinkedIn https://lnkd.in/gSD5Q9qu will have the opportunity for a free 15-20 minutes consultation w/Tamanna to discuss pressing career questions and gain strategic guidance. Tamanna's side passion project is owner/coach at Spark Career Services. www.sparkcareerservices.com Chapters 00:00 Introduction and background 02:48T he importance of relationships in the contact center 05:09 The process of product development 07:45 Key concepts in product development 16:16 Collaboration between consumer affairs and product development 19:05 Career coaching opportunity with Tamanna Ramesh * product development, contact center, collaboration, consumer affairs, food science, STEM, innovation, sensory attributes, line extension, specifications