RD&A Scientist - Colors
About The Position
Kerry is seeking a highly skilled Color Application Scientist to join our Kerry Colors team. In this role, you will focus on integrating natural color solutions into a broad range of food, beverage, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical applications. You will play a critical role in translating color ingredients into stable, vibrant, and commercially successful products while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and customer success. This position is ideal for a scientist who enjoys hands-on product development, technical problem-solving, and bringing innovative natural color solutions from concept through commercialization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science or a related scientific discipline.
- Hands-on experience developing and applying natural colorants in food and beverage systems.
- Strong understanding of color chemistry and ingredient interactions.
- Experience formulating color solutions in complex food and beverage matrices.
- Proficiency with instrumental color measurement techniques, including: Spectrophotometry, Colorimetry, UV-Visible analysis
- Experience conducting data-driven stability evaluations and interpreting results.
Responsibilities
- Lead color application projects by developing optimal color solutions across diverse food, beverage, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical applications.
- Identify and recommend appropriate natural color ingredients to support successful product commercialization.
- Formulate and optimize liquid colors, powders, emulsions, suspensions, and dry-blend systems to achieve exceptional color performance and uniform delivery.
- Develop color systems that meet customer expectations for visual appeal, consistency, and stability.
- Design and execute stability studies to evaluate color performance under various processing and storage conditions.
- Assess color stability through exposure to thermal processing, pH variation, light exposure, oxidation, and shelf-life aging.
- Analyze data and provide scientifically driven recommendations to improve product performance.
- Serve as the technical expert for color-related application challenges.
- Investigate and resolve issues related to color fading, migration, precipitation, oxidation, and ingredient interactions.
- Develop innovative formulation solutions to improve performance across complex product matrices.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- paid time off
- a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
- Employee Share Plan
- Life, disability, and accident insurance
- tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
