Senior Scientist

Sensoryeffects • Bridgeton, MO

282d

About The Position

This Associate Scientist position, within Flavors R&D team, will leverage their scientific training and industrial experience to develop and scale-up new flavor products and systems for the food and beverage market. This position is expected to take on projects with significant technical challenges. Ability to work cross-functionally to determine goals and timetables for projects; ensure diligence in development, scale up, and commercialization of products; to drive innovation and deliver on business goals is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, or related fields.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in food & beverage product development is required.
• Develop new formulations in collaboration with customers, sales, & marketing.
• Ability to source and manage: ingredients, flavors, and equipment.
• Determine functional performance and sensory properties of ingredients in finished products.
• Create and document finished goods formulas for costing and production.
• Provide technical support to customers and internal departments as required.
• A solid track record of successful new technology development, new product innovation, and commercializing of new products.
• Experience in translating unmet consumer needs with commercial objectives into science and technology strategies and plans.
• Advanced problem solving and evaluation capabilities.
• Computer skills including Excel, Word, and product formulation software tools required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative skills allowing effective interactions with Marketing teams, Operations and Manufacturing Teams, Quality and Regulatory Compliance Teams and Senior Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion a culture of safety.
• Demonstrates knowledge and expertise in product development and innovation.
• Ensures diligence in development, scale up and commercialization of products and technologies.
• Drives change in a complex, fast-paced business environment.
• Conceptual, creative and analytic problem solving - the ability to break down complex issues and simplify by focusing on what matters.
• Leverage technical and functional expertise to solve broader business issues.
• Understand the commercialization process with proven experience of its application.
• Ability to learn new categories quickly and provide appropriate guidance.
• Achieves end-to-end success by taking ideas from their conceptual stage to marketplace execution.
• A professional who believes that the consumer is the starting point for all R&D activities.
• Have a proven track record of delivering extraordinary results.
• Take an independent and disciplined approach to organizing work activity, prioritizing tasks, and analysis; will also seek out additional projects and activities to drive the business forward.
• Meet with customers and represent Balchem's technology as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree