Sr. Manager, Research and Development (Bakery/Food

Job Description

Job Description

• Title : Sr. Manager, Research and Development (Bakery/Food)
• Location : Humble, Texas (relocation assistance provided)
• Salary : $120-130,000 + benefits/incentives

Kelly Science and Clinical is leading the search for a Sr. Manager of Research and Development to support a growing artisanal foods client in Humble, Texas . This individual will be responsible for managing a technical team and developing and managing timelines on new product scale ups, cost savings initiatives, and operational support. This position also leads the enhancement of existing items and spearheads improvement initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead technical activities to advance multiple projects concurrently through the Stage Gate commercialization process while considering the level of risk, operational constraints, and overall cost.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives for the commercialization process to enhance our win rate, reduce our costs, improve our new product scale up, and expedite our speed to market.
• Communicate progress of all products under commercialization.
• Leverages methods and procedures for monitoring project success, such as metrics, resource investment, research findings, progress reports, and staff meetings.
• Work collaboratively and develop strong relationships with cross functional teams including QA, Plant Operations, Engineering, and Procurement to solve key business issues and drive profitable growth.
• Establish goals, appraise performance, recommend training, and provide input into final review for all direct reports.
• Coach reports on job performance and build a high functioning team.
• Identify and implement innovative, practical application and modification of ingredients, formulations, and process.
• Provide and communicate technical and business risk assessment to upper management.
• Provide technical support with customer on product information and process capability.
• Support the process design and review on new capability expansion, cost enhancement, and/or process improvement opportunities.
• Direct and prioritize work for the R D department, ensuring R D processes/data are complete, accurate, and consistent.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Food Science / Food Engineering with a strong functional Baking Science background
• Minimum 10 years bakery/food development / manufacturing experience with 5 years management experience
• Experience with leading new products through commercialization within a manufacturing environment
• Recipe / Formulation and raw material knowledge / experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills Working knowledge of MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel , SharePoint, ERP systems
• Working knowledge of US food standards and regulations
• Strong bench work skills with the ability to execute solutions rapidly
• Experience in baking, pastry arts, R+D and Food / Baking Science
• Ability/willingness to work off hours or extended amounts of time during product scale ups
• Ability/willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

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