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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Food Science, M.S. Food Science, or equivalent.
• 5 years of experience in research and product development, process development, or similar experience in food related industry.
• 1-3 years of direct people management experience, especially coaching new and experienced team members.
• Product Innovation
• Product Intelligence
• Product Research
• Project Scoping
• Quantitative Research
• Research and Development
• Research Documentation
• Business Acumen
• Technical and Professional Knowledge
• strong Problem-Solving skills
• strong Communication and Presentation skills
• Organizational and Planning skills
• Goal Oriented
• Continuous Learning
• Integrity
• Operational Excellence

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in factory environment, scaling from benchtop research and development to commercialization.
• Experience in savory flavor applications (i.e. sauce, soups, and side dishes) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-going coaching, training, development, and daily direction for R&D resources.
• Provide guidance to lab personnel and scientists on technical formulation requirements, specification development, data collection, and procedures.
• Help to supply and create an environment that supports a high-performing team.
• Guide teams to develop a keen sense of technical rigor with product implementation from conception through commercialization.
• Align resources and ensure prioritization within product development team to support the business strategy and financial goals.
• Facilitates staff’s understanding of the business case for project assignments, new products/concepts, and strategy.
• Function as conduit between Product Development and cross-functional teams to facilitate problem solving and remove roadblocks.
• Effectively develop and manage technical timelines, provide clear communication, raise issues and risks, and develop contingency plans.
• Acts as a consultant on problems within product design, quality, and processing to make authoritative technical recommendations during project stage-gate process.
• Examine, Study, and Investigate industry trends and processes to identify opportunities in multiple product categories such as meal solutions, health and wellness, and food service.
• Identify internal opportunities by challenging formulation, manufacturing, and organizational process assumptions. Collaborate with other teams to implement changes/improvements.
• Provide transparency to organization of current project status and implementation.
• Work closely with Account Managers and Business Development to provide product information and technical support to customers.
• Leverage vendor capabilities, where appropriate, to expand formulation possibilities, research new ingredients, product technologies and/or increase speed to market. Collaborate with vendors to research new ingredients, product technologies, and/or processes to develop unique and innovative products.
• Fosters environment of collaboration within site Product Development team as well as the full R&D organization.
• Collaborate with production and supporting departments to ensure the food safety and quality of our products.
• Other duties as assigned.