Senior Food Scientist

Must have Food and Beverage experience*** Explore an exciting opportunity to be a part of a R&D team at a major Food & Beverage Company. You will work as part of a cross-functional team to lead and deliver the activities required to complete Process Design and Process Deployment for Innovation, Growth and Productivity projects across multiple geographies with an emphasis on delivering the desired consumer experience. The Candidate will be responsible for the process development, optimization, and commercialization of snack products within the Candy category, while influencing technology decisions and pipeline development on associated brands. This position will have the opportunity to work on multiple technologies in and around manufacturing plants, and build strong relationships across RDQ, Supply Chain, Marketing, Research, and more. The Candidate will be responsible for leading or supporting designing, planning and execution of experiments for scale-up trials to plants, with some Pilot Plant support as appropriate. They must also develop and manage project plans and timelines, ensuring that projects are delivered on time. Candidates should possess strong technical and project management skills, and effective communication skills. The Candidate must be able to assess testing plans, gather and analyze data, and make recommendations based on findings. While the candidate will be a member of a team, they will need to be able to lead their assigned projects and collaborate with cross functional team members. The individual must be able to write detailed process specifications and project reports, and able to support Quality and Manufacturing needs as related to their projects. Support development and execution of process optimization, development, brand value, quality improvement launches through commercialization of assigned projects at manufacturing plant Support pipeline scoping and technical assessment of future innovation projects & ideas Process Steward for manufacturing plant, interfacing with Quality, MSC on-site Develop, update and maintain process/ product specification of assigned projects Support assessment of IP strategy, FTO as it relates to projects Research technical experts, suppliers, RDQ partners, and Business cross functional partners including Marketing, Sales, PCM, Procurement, Manufacturing, Consumer Science, CIS, and Graphics partners. Marketing Brand and Platform Leads Candy Operations, Business Unit Lead Packaging Counterparts Corporate and Field Quality BS or MS in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, or similar discipline Must have a min of 4 - 6 years of R&D, Product & Process Development, and Commercialization experience in Food & Beverage manufacturing Executional excellence, personal leadership, time management and problem-solving competencies Periodic travel to Mexico and Canada is required for Scale-up and Commercialization efforts Immediate Opening ~ 85% minimum on site with 15% remote,1 month on site initial training is required ~