Senior R&D Food Scientist (Bakery/Pastry)

The Original Cakerie•Newburyport, MA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Dessert Holdings is the leading premium dessert company in the world, crafting artisanal, scratch-made desserts at scale with culinary innovation and real ingredients. This role, based in Newburyport, MA, will provide technical and culinary leadership, supporting other sites as well. The Senior R&D Food Scientist will be responsible for bench development, managing timelines for new product launches, cost savings initiatives, scale-up, and operational support. Utilizing culinary development experience and a strong understanding of commercialization and manufacturing, the position will lead the enhancement of existing items and spearhead improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Degree in Food Science / Food Engineering with a strong functional Baking Science background
At least 8 years’ experience with bakery/food development / manufacturing
Experience in baking, pastry arts, R+D and Food / Baking Science including recipe/formulation and raw material knowledge/experience
Experience with leading new products through concept, prototyping and commercialization within a manufacturing environment.
Strong bench work skills with the ability to execute solutions rapidly
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Working knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), SharePoint, ERP systems
Working knowledge of US food standards and regulations
Self-directed with initiative; responsible for managing own projects and ensuring all timelines are met or exceeded for self and reports
Ability/willingness to work off hours or extended amounts of time during product scale ups.
Ability/willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

Provide project leadership in the development and commercialization of new products, product improvement, and cost savings.
Work on multiple interdisciplinary projects including developing and implementing plans, identifying and organizing a project team, and coordinating resources to achieve goals.
Identify and implement innovative, practical application and modification of ingredients, formulations, and process.
Provide and communicate technical and business risk assessment to upper management.
Research and gain thorough understanding and knowledge of emerging technologies in product and ingredient technologies.
Support Operations and QA to resolve ingredient, formula, process issues and manage product/process changes.
Hold all functions to DH quality standard.
Provide technical support with customers on product information and process capability.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on implementing new products, new equipment or new processes.
Support the process design and review on new capability expansion, cost enhancement, and/or process improvement opportunities.
Provide guidance, education, and training opportunities to team members.
Ensure the safety and compliance of the research and development process.
Contribute to driving the internal innovation process from a culinary perspective identifying trends and new product development opportunities to support customer needs.