Sr. Food Scientist

The Senior Food Scientist will plan and design experiments, coordinate research and development projects, evaluates results, and provide recommendations to management.  A high degree of product and food processing knowledge is required and the ability to work with a broad variety of functional groups with the company.

• As a food scientist, you will formulate from benchtop to commercialization: both new sweet bakery products as well as innovating existing, with new flavors, sweeteners, and ingredient profiles for a variety of hand-held that can be positioned to obtain new customers in both QSR and CPG retail space
• Additional the company has recently gone into the savory baked goods space for a variety of met protein pot pies, and other savory pastry products
• The manager is seeking someone that will lead product development efforts with passion for new projects and products that align with goals in growth and revenue
• Customer facing, showing your passion for product, you enjoy being the extension of R&D to sales, marketing, and customers. Enthusiasm to showcase new ideation
• You are a great fit if you are knowledgeable about flour-based products, pastry fillings, ingredient functionality, food processing equipment, new product development and core product improvement processes. Savor baked products are also good
• You will research, plan, and design experiments, coordinate research and development projects, evaluates results, and provides recommendations to management. Project assignments are complex, involving a high degree of product and food processing knowledge

**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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Technical Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Food Science or similar, MS encouraged to apply
• 3-10 years of experience in research and development in the foodservice industry, bakery product category preferred
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint. Ability to quickly learn and master new technologies
• Excellent follow-up skills, demonstrated experience in problem solving and achieving Win/Win solutions
• Ability to travel required: 20-25%
• Uses market research to drive all new product development efforts
• Uses sensory data in new product development efforts, when appropriate
• Provides technical services to Operations to help ensure operational quality. Facilitates training of in-process staff on functionality of ingredients, process parameters, etc.
• Creates testing plans with detailed timelines on all assigned projects and shares regular updates with Project Management
• Thoroughly documents all testing activities to contribute to the knowledge base of the R&D Team and minimize duplication of effort
• Effective interpersonal relationships and the ability to successfully collaborate on a cross-functional team
• A passion that fuels engagement within and beyond departmental lines. Believes and acts with conviction that people and customers are wildly important
• Self-motivated, driven and requires little supervision
• Challenges the obvious and looks for more profound and potent understand of consumer / customer behavior
• Positive, innovative, solution-based approach
• Confident in challenging existing processes and developing better methods
• Understands, agrees and believes in the Philosophies of the company
• Understands role in integrating and executing the 4 strategic objectives of the company: Customers are Wildly Important, People are Wildly Important, Business Improvement and Smart Fun Growth
• Understands and commits to “act like an owner” and takes action to achieve overall success of the entire enterprise
• Engages in Courageous Conversations for improvement of the organization

**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:  68.23DW
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