Overview
This consultancy focuses on the industrial feasibility of reformulating Tom Brown into a safer, more consistent, treatment-grade product for moderate acute malnutrition in Northeast Nigeria. The goal is to define a product that remains locally familiar, affordable, and practical to prepare, while meeting stronger standards for nutrition, safety, quality, and production consistency.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the industrial feasibility constraints and production pathway for reformulated Tom Brown.
- Clarify what can realistically be produced through local facilities, larger production partners, or a staged pathway.
- Identify the equipment, process, QA/QC, and facility adaptations required for early testing, pilot production, and potential scale-up.
- Assess 3–4 candidate reformulations against real-world production constraints.
- Estimate cost, capacity, bottlenecks, and investment needs for moving from early testing to larger production.
- Identify QA infrastructure gaps and determine what procurement-grade evidence should be collected during prototype production.
Required Experience
- Experience in food processing, especially milling, roasting, blending, extrusion, fortified blended foods, or shelf-stable foods.
- Nigeria or comparable-context experience - preferably in Borno State.
- Strong understanding of production in low-resource settings.
- Ability to assess local mills, processors, equipment needs, and process constraints.
- Familiarity with QA/QC and food safety systems for cereal, legume, or fortified food products.
- Ability to translate technical constraints into practical production and investment decisions.
- Familiarity with UNICEF Supply Division, WFP, or analogous institutional supplier qualification processes is a plus.
