Application Specialist
Job Description
Application Specialist
Together, the Applications Team works with Technical Sales to provide natural color solutions to food and beverage manufacturers in a variety of application categories such as beverages, confections, dairy products, snacks, bakery, cereal, etc. The Application Specialist will report directly to the Applications Manager.
- Provide color match / color recommendations for customer’s food and beverage products
- This may include performing various trials to model the customer’s formulation and/or process and conducting stability testing
- Develop and execute demonstration samples that showcase products and ingredients across a variety of products for customer meetings and tradeshows
- Design, perform, analyze data demonstrating performance of, and provide technical recommendations to the Sales Team
- Maintain organized and clean lab space
- Operate pilot plant equipment
- May require some travel
**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at kosullivan@cps4jobs.com.
JO: 125.25KO
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Benefits Available
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- The prospective candidate should have fundamental knowledge of food science, engineering, and scientific principles
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science / Food Engineering
- 2-3 years of experience in Product Development, preferably ready to drink beverages
- Background / interest of food process systems
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Creative, can “think-outside-the-box” yet also be detailed-oriented
- Natural problem solver
- Strong willingness to learn new things
- Enjoys working independently and within a team
**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at kosullivan@cps4jobs.com.
JO: 125.25KO
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Meet Your Recruiter
Kristine O'Sullivan
Sr. Partner
The Food and Beverage Division specializes in the placement of technical professionals in the food and beverage industry from entry level to executive level candidates. I have a talented group of recruiters who specifically source Technical Sales Professionals, Scientists, Regulatory Affairs, Scientific Affairs, Executive Technical professionals, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Technical Service, Nutrition, Analytical and Corporate Chefs. We work on both a contingent basis for professional level searches and retained search for executive level searches. CPS, Inc. has been in the talent recruitment business for 40+ years and we recruit nationwide.