Senior Commercialization Scientist

The Sr. Commercialization Scientist is a new role based on growth that will be a key figure and point person both in the R&D facility as well as in co-manufacturing facilities to facilitate testing and troubleshooting on processing.  A candidate with benchtop and pilot plant experience to manufacturing commercialization at the plant level working cross-functionally with plant personnel is ideal.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Determine commercialization needs for new R&D initiatives and translate them into manufacturing processed based on Co-Man’s capabilities
• Create manufacturing documents and review with cross-functional team members to assure that all information has been captured accurately
• Successfully execute scale up of new products from benchtop to production level by partners with the company cross functional and Co-Man’s teams
• Provide support to Sales team members with customer documentation and samples from initial commercialization runs. Be a pivotal technical support resource on new products in the commercialization process
• Capture observations and findings from initial commercialization runs. Review findings with cross-functional teams and prepare a summary report as part of project transition from commercialization to QA as a fully commercialized operational product
• Monitor status of active commercialization projects and assess critical milestones to successfully complete project in an allotted timeframe
• Assess production concerns through benchtop and pilot scale testing
• Evaluate approved product formula with the guidance of R&D to learn key product attributes and address any potential hurdles from commercialization process
• Coordinate with R&D, QA, and Supply Chain to ensure accurate information is published to the customer and the manufacturing facility
• Manage product approval process internally and with customers

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Damon Wickmann at dwickmann@cps4jobs.com.

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Requirements of this Position:

• This is an in-office role
• Bachelor’s degree in food science or related field
• Live by the Company’s Core Value Blocks: You must be Bold, a Leader, Open-minded, Creative, Knowledgeable, and Selfless
• 5+ years of experience from product development to scale up in the manufacturing environment is required
• Experience with dairy product formulation and scale up is a plus
• Requires an organized thought process to all steps of the commercialization process. Must be able to prioritize and handle multiple projects at the same time.  Strong project management skills needed
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively across multiple departments
• Ability to use technical data and resources during scale up on manufacturing environment to troubleshoot manufacturing challenges impacting finished product quality
• Must be able to understand the needs of the project and utilize resources in all departments to bring project to completion
• Has the ability to guide team members and influence decision making
• Up to 60% domestic travel may be required
• This role does not have direct reports

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Damon Wickmann at dwickmann@cps4jobs.com.

JO:  55.24DW
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