Role overview
- R&D team members
- Manufacturing, Operations and Plant Quality Assurance
- Quality and Regulatory Compliance
- Project Management
- Procurement
- Marketing
- Engineering
- Continuous Improvement
- External Vendors
- This role will require 25% domestic travel.
Major Duties/Responsibilities:
New product project execution from benchtop through commercialization:
- Lead 40%
- Assist 25%
- Lead/Support private label and branded innovation projects working with internal and external partners to scale from bench through commercialization.
- Champion assigned projects through innovation process
- Seek new ingredient and technologies to address formulation/processing challenges
- Test ideas through experimental design, collect and analyze data using analytical process tools to provide recommendations
- Have a good understanding of current ingredient and processing technologies across salty snacks industry and continue to explore new and breakthrough technologies
What we're looking for
- Strong understanding of principles of food chemistry and ingredient functionality is desirable.
- Operations/Manufacturing knowledge with some exposure to a production environment
- Familiarity with regulatory and standards compliance with some exposure to ESHA Genesis
- Technical writing
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Scale-up/plant test process
- Ability to collaborate across departments and leverage external consultants and vendors to deliver on project timelines
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently in a flexible work environment with changing priorities
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to occasionally work outside of typical work hours (nights/weekends) to support project work
- Be able to lift 40 lbs from floor to bench, stoop, stand, etc and work in a warm environment
- Possess good computer skills (knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Teams).
Interview process
- Support process improvement initiatives by partnering with Supply Chain, Engineering, and QRC.
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