Scientist, R&D - Product Dev

The Kraft Heinz Company • Warrendale, PA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

As an R&D Scientist, you will have the opportunity to drive innovation, renovation, and maintenance of product lines, enabling growth and ensuring quality objectives and business continuity for Kraft Heinz. Your role will involve prioritizing and executing technical projects that contribute to the ongoing projects and Innovation Pipeline for the business. From crafting and performing tests to analyzing data, presenting results cross-functionally, and commercializing pipeline opportunities. This position offers an excellent opportunity to support innovation to enhance our global Kraft Heinz portfolio. What’s on the menu? • This role has responsibility for developing new product formulations, portfolio renovation and customer product solutions across various product lines with focus on condiments and sauces. • Adapt and apply scientific principles to new situations/products with some degree of autonomy – manage your project work and accomplished tasks by taking detailed notes in a lab notebook (hardcopy and/or electronically) while maintaining a clean and functional workspace. Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management. • Work from ideation to commercialization, from benchtop samples to final production, and from raw material to finished product specification. Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications. • Manage multiple assignments/development projects concurrently to meet R&D timelines. • Work with cross functional teams to support projects from concept to commercialization, including Marketing, Operations, Quality, External Manufacturers, and Procurement. Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development. • Build strong relationships and collaborate with internal and external colleagues to optimize new product development processes. • Utilize ingredient and process knowledge, experimental design and data interpretation tools to make technically sound recommendations. • Sample preparation, cuttings, analytical analysis, and shipments. • Demonstrate products internally and to external clients Recipe for Success: Apply now if this sounds like you!

Requirements

• BS/MS in Food Science, Food Engineering, Dairy Science, Meat Science, Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of 2 years in a Technical Function (which can include all graduate and/or internship work)
• Product development and commercialization experience
• Understanding of natural ingredient functionality and interrelationship of ingredients and process working with brand guidelines
• Excellent communication, influencing, prioritization, and project management skills
• Strong critical thinking skills and ability to make connections to the big picture
• Ability to lead, coach, and motivate others
• Manage multiple assignments/tasks concurrently with the ability to question the priority of work
• Work cross functionally with QA, Regulatory and Innovation team to validate formulas and ingredients with 3rd party certifications
• Willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time including driving to production facilities for up to 3 hours

Responsibilities

• developing new product formulations, portfolio renovation and customer product solutions across various product lines with focus on condiments and sauces
• Adapt and apply scientific principles to new situations/products with some degree of autonomy
• manage your project work and accomplished tasks by taking detailed notes in a lab notebook (hardcopy and/or electronically) while maintaining a clean and functional workspace
• Inspect food processing areas to ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for sanitation, safety, quality, and waste management
• Work from ideation to commercialization, from benchtop samples to final production, and from raw material to finished product specification
• Develop food standards and production specifications, safety and sanitary regulations, and waste management and water supply specifications
• Manage multiple assignments/development projects concurrently to meet R&D timelines
• Work with cross functional teams to support projects from concept to commercialization, including Marketing, Operations, Quality, External Manufacturers, and Procurement
• Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with internal and external colleagues to optimize new product development processes
• Utilize ingredient and process knowledge, experimental design and data interpretation tools to make technically sound recommendations
• Sample preparation, cuttings, analytical analysis, and shipments
• Demonstrate products internally and to external clients

Benefits

• Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
• Coverage for benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
• We offer events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
• You’ll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors, for example: Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training Emotional – Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level