Associate Scientist UFS Product Development

Unilever•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

1d•$68,000 - $74,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Unilever is hiring an Associate Scientist for UFS Product Development. This role is part of the Research & Development function and reports to the Associate Director - R&D UFS NA. The position is full-time and operates on a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. The job description also includes information about Unilever's agreement to separate its Foods business, the company's purpose of making sustainable living the norm, and details about the Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) business unit, its B2B model, ambition for 2030, and its culture which fosters entrepreneurship, speed, simplicity, trust, and a hunger to grow. UFS operates in over 76 countries with approximately 4000 employees and is a global market leader in Food Service. The role emphasizes passion for product development, customer focus, problem-solving, relationship building, and leveraging technical knowledge with market insights to deliver superior new products.

Requirements

B.S. Degree in Food Science or equivalent with experience in the food industry preferred.
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 Cooking Aids R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement.
Work 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.
Provide technical and product guidance.
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.
Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.