Sr Scientist, R&D - Ingredient Development
About The Position
The Sr Product Development Scientist will have the opportunity to be a technical leader by providing category direction and lead execution of Specification Strengthening projects across all categories and brands to enable growth, productivity, ESG, and brand maintenance. The candidate should have a proven record of successfully leading, executing, and commercializing projects ranging in technical complexity with minimal guidance, and getting results in a variety of challenging and complex settings. The candidate should have experience leading business initiatives while exhibiting a collaborative approach and applying innovative solutions. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential in this role, which operates in a dynamic and cross-functional environment. This will include interactions with cross-functional partners to verify the appropriate testing methodology is being used and/or identify the appropriate methodology, validate other specification data and performing testing to confirm based upon the use and function of the ingredient in application.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s is a plus) - Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related field
- Minimum 4 years of Product Development and commercialization experience within a CPG or equivalent
- Project management experience, technical expertise, and food science/processing knowledge
- Excellent communication, influencing, project management and problem solving skills
- Highly motivated and able to multi-task varying degrees of complex projects
- Willingness/ability to learn new product categories and/or processing areas
- Demonstrated ability to influence, manage multiple projects concurrently with the ability to prioritize work, and solve problems effectively.
- Brings an entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset
- Ability to manage through ambiguity
- Strong experience in commercialization
- Understanding of ingredient interactions/functionality
- Self-motivated problem solver and the drive to deliver objectives in a complex, fast-paced environment
Responsibilities
- Leads development and execution across multiple projects ranging from low to high technical complexity within Central Research.
- Manage multiple assignments/research projects concurrently and possess the ability to prioritize between a variety of business initiatives
- Deep knowledge of commercialization processes and required activities as the technical/R&D lead.
- Ability to troubleshoot challenges.
- Work with cross functional teams acting as the lead product developer to drive execution across multiple projects
- Provide updates to cross-functional teams; Identify hurdles and propose solutions
- Translate research findings and cross-functional inputs into actionable work streams
- Mentor, coach and collaborate with other colleagues within and outside of your immediate team
- Demonstrate the ability to develop relationships with and coordinate commercialization activities across internal and external manufacturing facilities.
- Lead and complete product testing, qualification, and commercialization in laboratory and production environments
Benefits
- Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
- Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
- Employee Assistance Program , Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
- 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
