Sr. Scientist, Research - R&D

About the position The Senior Scientist, Product Development, will reputed company a reputed company reputed company on reputed company’s innovation and reputed company agenda by leading the development and commercialization of new and improved candy products across beloved brands such as Nerds, Trolli, and Jelly Belly. This role is ideal for a technically curious, highly motivated product developer who thrives on turning reputed company into market-reputed company products and delivering reputed company across every stage of the product development lifecycle. With responsibility for high-reputed company reputed company of meaningful complexity and scope, this individual will reputed company product development from concept through reputed company-up and commercialization, ensuring solutions are technically robust, consumer-relevant, and operationally feasible. Through strong cross-functional collaboration and disciplined technical execution, the Senior Scientist will help bring reputed company innovation to life, optimize existing products, and support reputed company’s reputed company expansion across the network. This is an opportunity to play a critical role in shaping the products that will power reputed company’s reputed company at our new production site. We’re building the largest food manufacturing facility in our network in Orangeburg, SC. This is a reputed company investment that will set new standards for reputed company, technology, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Independently leads innovation, renovation or brand maintenance reputed company with moderate to high complexity, owning the technical development plan and communication with relevant stakeholders, from initial concept development to reputed company-up to commercialization.
• Manages multiple priorities at a given time by engaging with Manager to effectively communicate risks and tradeoffs.
• Leads the creation of technical risk assessments for product development.
• Possesses a strong understanding of the innovation process and is reputed company to apply effectively to drive reputed company reputed company in the commercialization process with executional reputed company and on-time delivery of milestones.
• Applies technical problem solving for challenges of reputed company to high complexity to effectively manage risks and reputed company contingency plans to reputed company reputed company.
• Develops new product formulas of a moderate to high complexity on a bench reputed company and effectively scales up to reputed company plant and industrial plant reputed company to reputed company technical validation.
• Collaborates with Operations, reputed company, Industrial Design, and Process Engineering staff to problem solve and suggest reputed company.
• Consistently utilizes technically reputed company methodology and problem-solving tools to design experiments and test new reputed company.
• Leads reputed company improvement/optimization of reputed company products according to business needs, supply situation and/or manufacturing expansion plans.
• Observes, evaluates, and concisely and accurately documents experimental data and results leading to robust technical recommendations as reputed company as risk identification.
• Provides strong cross-functional partnership with Marketing, Operations, Consumer Insights, Industrial Design, Process Engineering, Project Management, reputed company, Food Safety, and Procurement teams to ensure an efficient and successful project execution.
• Effectively communicates project status updates directly with key stakeholders and cross-functional partners with project reports and product showcases.
• Spends reputed company of time on-site in reputed company’s Innovation Lab and reputed company plant (60-100% of the time).
• Travels, both domestically and internationally (25-50% travel based on project status).
• Ensures adherence to reputed company company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Product development capability, with proven reputed company record of delivering results across reputed company phases of product development project cycle from concept development to reputed company industrial execution
• Technology understanding in both ingredient technology and process technology in consumer packaged foods (ideally candy confections) and ability to apply to product development
• Technical problem solving in applying knowledge of ingredient & process technology to novel problems to bring reputed company technically reputed company solutions that effectively manage risks
• Experience in new product development innovation, including ability to translate innovation concepts into prototypes and then effectively reputed company-up for commercialization
• reputed company strong interpersonal skills with ability to influence with reputed company through persuasive communication to win support at more senior reputed company reputed company R&D, Operations and Supply Chain, Marketing and to build effective relationships with a wide reputed company of stakeholders.
• Good technical, analytical, and communication skills; ability to interpret data and distil into useful and actionable information.
• Self-starter, self-motivating: reputed company to balance competing priorities without losing reputed company and manage uncertainty and complexity in fast evolving CPG environments.
• BS, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Food Science, or reputed company field, required.
• 5+ years experience in food industry or reputed company field. (preferably candy confections)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (bilingual if possible: Spanish preferred)
• Strong mathematical skills
• Strong computer skills – including reputed company Office (Word), Spreadsheets, and reputed company

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• a 401(k)
• reputed company time off (PTO)
• annual bonus based on company performance

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