Scientist UFS Product Development

Unilever•Englewood Cliffs, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, is one of the 3 Power brands of the Foods Business Group, and a global market leader in Food Service. We are an independent Global Business Unit that operates in over 76 countries, and employs ~4000 employees. We have a unique B2B business model focused on serving chefs and our purpose is to free them to love what they do. We at UFS have a bold and clear ambition and strategy in place for 2030 with a bold ambition on turnover and profitability, by being the best solution provider to our growing operator base. We plan to do this via a product first focus on superiority, by becoming the leader in AI powered Customer experience and by nurturing a Winning culture. We have had a history of delivering with excellence and resilient performance in the past few years. We also strive to stay 3 steps ahead in the industry. For example, our Future Menus Report identifies emerging culinary trends, making us a trendsetter for inspiring innovative solutions for chefs worldwide. We have a culture of caring deeply not just for our business but also for our people. We foster an entrepreneurial culture built on speed, simplicity, trust, and a deep hunger to grow. Our people thrive on their roles being empowered and end to end - across all functions. We also invest heavily in building future skills and leaders. Our People agenda of Accelerate-Grow-Thrive consistently helps us lead in employee engagement, with scores exceeding Unilever scores across all dimensions and being one of the most engaged teams at Unilever. Here, you will continuously learn, unlearn, and relearn, challenging yourself to accelerate your development in an end-to-end business and in end-to-end roles. If you're dreaming of contributing to Unilever’s 2nd largest Business unit, a fast-growing business, where you're empowered so you can play to win and thrive as part of One Team with One Goal, then come and join us!

Requirements

B.S. Degree in Food Science or equivalent with 3+ yrs experience in the food industry preferred.
Ability to independently execute tasks and projects with moderate complexity
Ability to develop, plan, conduct, and coordinate prototype development initiatives across multiple projects/tasks.
Working knowledge in use of ingredients, formulation, process, and product design principles.
Fully operational in specification creation and approval and costing.
Ability to analyze and interpret data with guidance on final conclusions.
Working knowledge of experimental design, root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques.
Good understanding of manufacturing.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to construct trial/lab reports and presentations, including making recommendations.
Ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Execute agreed R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement.
Works as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.
Independently design products against product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf-life testing, analytical testing, etc.)
Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status.
Provide technical and product guidance
Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross functional meetings.
Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.
Support technical investigations using root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques as required for existing and new products.
Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.