Principal Scientist

Dairy Farmers of America-posted 3 months ago
Springfield, MO
5,001-10,000 employees
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Responsible for the development of Wet/Liquid/Paste dairy systems and dairy flavors for food and dairy industries from concept/opportunity through commercialization (at the customer). This person will be relied upon as an expert related to dairy flavors and emulsions including dairy science research, innovation, development, applications; relating to new product/solution development; but also, for formulation cost-out opportunities, process improvements, new technology scouting. Key driver of organic growth through monetization of the opportunity and innovation pipeline.

  • Research dairy science, food science and equipment for the purpose of innovating new technologies and the development of intellectual property (IP) for DFA
  • Develop new wet and dry dairy systems, dairy flavors, dairy emulsions and solutions using DFA’s plethora of ingredient options and manufacturing capabilities
  • Reformulate products and stream-line processes appropriate to reduce cost
  • Perform applications testing simulating the customer’s end use to ensure the products developed exceed the customer’s expectations for taste, functionality, and nutrition
  • Utilize sensory science tools, available in the Innovation Center, to give data points to the customer demonstrating expectations are met/exceeded
  • Perform pilot plant testing to ensure a successful scale-up for DFA manufacturing and ultimately the end customer
  • Drive the commercialization of new products by partnering with the process technology team in the plants
  • Support the customer in scale up and commercialization to ensure DFA people and products are part of the scale up and launch
  • Effectively operate pilot plant equipment, for new products, cheeses, flavors and emulsion systems development
  • Develop effective concepts for benchtop sessions, in partnership with sales, to generate wins with customers
  • Support sales in determining customer needs, problems, insights, and strategy that would ultimately require a DFA solution
  • Proactively initiate action plans to maintain, improve and develop the DFA solutions and capabilities
  • Inspire and excite DFA customers through demonstration of unique new products and applications that are relevant to their consumers
  • Partner with sales to understand customer’s future needs, their brands, and strategies to anticipate new areas of capability development and innovative ideas for end use categories
  • Provide technical and applications expertise to support the customer
  • Drive opportunities to commercialization internally and close with the customer
  • Co-create and effectively utilize the product lifecycle management (PLM) process and adhere to the Scientific Development Standards Process, including version control, development notes and documented learnings
  • Effectively utilize CRM (Salesforce.com) as a tool to manage status of the opportunities, project milestones in the pipeline and track KPIs related to the opportunity pipeline continually improving our R&D service to customers, ultimately leading to faster speed-to-market driving increased customer connectivity
  • Collaborate with and influence technical sales, customer support and other stakeholders to 'solve for yes'
  • Contribute to technical content and make and review presentations for commercialization activities
  • Provide effective, timely and relevant reporting to leadership
  • Apply strong knowledge of the DFA’s capabilities – including understanding the functional and technical aspects of the products and how DFA’s capabilities differentiate us from others in the industry
  • Demonstrate a 'never stop learning' mindset and influence others to adopt this mindset
  • Active participation in commercial project review by offering guidance and mentorship
  • B.S. Degree in food, dairy or biological science related discipline
  • Masters or PHD desirable
  • 8+ years of industry experience in R&D
  • Proven career advancement in dairy flavors, natural, process and cheese sauces and products
  • Demonstrated staff leadership attributes or staff management experience
  • Proven successful track record in new product development with multiple examples of commercialized products/solutions directly or under your leadership
  • Desired areas of expertise: Fermentation and enzyme modification of dairy products and ingredients for flavor and functionality improvement or development
  • Knowledge of flavor compounding utilizing paste and liquid flavor systems
  • Working and advanced knowledge of natural, processed cheeses and dairy sauces’ manufacturing
  • Excellent knowledge of dairy flavors application across the food and dairy industries and market segments
  • Ability to create paste, liquid and dry flavor formulations and products
  • Dairy science and Dairy Microbiology
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