Senior Food Scientist

We are currently looking for a Senior Food Scientist to join our team. This individual will ensure new items are built and launched successfully, existing items are documented accurately and act as a liaison between Culinary Team, Production, Sales, Finance, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain.The Sr. Food Scientist needs to understand the business needs, design, and execute tests, analyze data, draw conclusions, communicate results and commercialize products. Will drive technical projects to meet business initiatives focusing on new product development, quality improvement and cost improvement.Key Responsibilities:Identify and implement innovative, practical applications and modification of ingredients, formulations, and processProvide project leadership in the development in conjunction with the Culinary team and commercialization of new products, product improvement, and cost savingsWork on multiple interdisciplinary projects, setting direction, developing and implementing plans, identifying and organizing project teams, coordinate resources to achieve goals, and lead all communication within and outside of organizationDesign and execute experiments, analyze, and interpret data to make sound technical recommendations for specific projectsProvide and communicate technical and business risk assessment and perspectiveDevelop process specifications, ensuring training and transfer of specification knowledge to QA and OperationsResearch and gain thorough understanding and knowledge of emerging technologies in product and ingredient technologiesSupport Operations and QA to resolve ingredient, formula, process issues and manage product/process changesProvide technical support with Culinary team on product information and process capabilityCollaboration with cross-functional teams on implementing new products, new equipment or new processesProvide formula and process specifications on bench working with culinary team and translating that to on floor processes and support to assure smooth rollouts of new products, equipment and/or processesSupport the process design and review on new capability expansion, cost enhancement, and/or process improvement opportunitiesLead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the new product development process by; actively participating in and encouraging continuous improvement to enhance our win rate, reduce our costs, improve our new product scale up and expedite our speed to marketJob Requirements:Technical Qualifications:Degree in Food Science / Food Engineering with a strong functional Baking Science background (minimum 5 years bakery/food development/manufacturing experience)Experience in baking, pastry arts, R&D and Food / Baking ScienceExperience with leading new products through concept, prototyping and commercialization within a manufacturing environmentRecipe / Formulation and raw material knowledge / experienceExcellent written and oral communication skillsWorking knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), SharePoint, ERP systemsStrong bench work skills with the ability to execute solutions rapidly (DOE)Self-directed with initiative; responsible for managing own projects and ensuring all timelines are met or exceededAbility / willingness to work off hours or extended amounts of time during product scale upsAbility / willingness to travel up to 30% of the time

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