Food Scientist - Bakery - Decatur, IL area

Archer Daniels Midland • Decatur, IL

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Scientist - Bakery will utilize their food science expertise to drive sales through the development of compelling, innovative and winning products. This position will work closely and cross-functionally with R&D, Technical Services, Technical Sales, and Sales & Marketing teams. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, agile and team oriented.

Requirements

• BS or higher (Food Science or related)
• 3 to 5 years product development and applications experience
• Hands on Baked goods category experience expected, (Bread, Buns, Snacks, Flatbreads, Ready Meals, Sweet Goods)
• Knowledge of food industry, food ingredients, manufacturing processes and food regulations

Nice To Haves

• Industrial and/or retail bakery experience is valued
• Food product commercialization experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Development and optimization of food product formulations
• Responsible for designing and running test formulations
• Identification and development of cost improvement opportunities
• Supports manufacturing scale-up from bench to pilot plant and pilot plant to commercialization including partnering with R&D where appropriate
• Project management – lead multiple product development and applications projects with expedited timelines, leads complex and cross-functional projects
• Develops and maintains technical-to-technical relationships with customers
• Conducts internal and external product demonstrations
• Accompanies Account Managers on sales calls to serve as technical contact
• Communicates effectively in both verbal and written forms, including presentation of products and technical information to peers, leadership and customers
• Maintains awareness of industry trends and new ingredient innovations and offerings
• May have direct report responsibility
• Follows basic GMP, GLP and ISO procedures
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time

Benefits

• competitive pay
• medical/Rx
• dental
• vision
• on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account
• 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan
• discounted employee stock purchasing program
• life insurance
• disability
• workers’ compensation
• legal assistance
• identity theft protection
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares)
• Paid time off
• paid holidays
• Adoption assistance
• paid maternity and parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Company-sponsored training and development resources
• LinkedIn Learning
• language training
• mentoring programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees