Food Scientist

cargill • Plymouth, MN

1d • $68,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures. Job Purpose and ImpactThe Food Scientist will provide technical expertise to new product development and renovation for product line growth in Eggs product formulations. As a member of the Research and Development team, you will coordinate with other scientists to innovate new product development by identifying and implementing technical solutions for our customers and meet business goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years related work experience
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or other post-secondary degree
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Experience conducting continuous improvement events such as Kaizen, Six Sigma or Lean processes

Responsibilities

• Identify product growth and new product opportunities.
• Analyze and interpret market data and industry news to help the team identify trends for product opportunities.
• Provide technical review and recommendations for products, process development and improvement, and quality systems and regulatory oversight.
• Partner with cross functional teams such as: marketing, sales, operations, and food safety quality and regulatory.
• Provide customers and internal stakeholders with project analysis and insights to develop short- and long-term testing programs for experimental and commercial products and hybrids.
• Collaborate and build partnership with sales, business management and marketing partners to identify customer needs and translate them into product development opportunities.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

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