Associate Food Scientist - Condiments

Unilever • Englewood Cliffs, NJ

10d

About The Position

As a member of the Condiments R&D team, you will support the R&D activities required to deliver the Condiments program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement. You will work as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver the brand’s business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Food Science or equivalent degree.
• 1-3 years of experience in the food industry, preferably in product development
• Technical Project Management
• Ability to independently execute tasks and projects with moderate complexity
• Ability to develop, plan, conduct, and coordinate prototype development initiatives across multiple projects/tasks.
• Working knowledge in use of ingredients, formulation, process, and product design principles.
• Fully operational in specification creation and approval and costing.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data with guidance on final conclusions.
• Working knowledge of experimental design, root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques.
• Good understanding of manufacturing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to construct trial/lab reports and presentations, including making recommendations.
• Ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Execute agreed R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement.
• Works as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.
• Independently design products against simple product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf-life testing, analytical testing, etc.)
• Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status.
• Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross functional meetings.
• Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.
• Support technical investigations using root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques as required for existing and new products.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
• retirement savings benefits
• life insurance and disability benefits
• parental leave
• sick leave
• paid vacation and holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level