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"Together,
we make ideas that work," customizing ingredients to meet an amazing
variety of customer needs.
QualiTech is a privately held, diversified company with aggressive
growth plans. Our Food Ingredients Division is a leading supplier of
inclusion and particulate ingredients to the food industry, with a record
of strong performance for over 25 years.
We are
seeking a highly self-motivated candidate for a Senior Scientist/Project
Manager position that will report directly to QualiTech's
Senior Director of R&D. QualiTech offers
great opportunities for professional growth, working to serve retail and
wholesale food industry leaders. We invite candidates who wish to make an
industry-wide impact by unleashing their creativity in developing new
products to apply.
Position
Summary:
The Senior
Food Scientist will provide technical leadership for new product
development, creating delivery systems for flavor, color, and texture for
use across a broad range of food product categories. This role will work
closely with other business functions including Sales, Marketing,
Operations, Quality, Customer Service, and Procurement. In addition,
responsibilities include assisting sales to support customer needs for
applications expertise, as well as making strong contributions to
continuous improvement efforts for operations.
Major
Areas of Responsibility:
Creation
and commercialization of new ingredients; technology transfer activities (50%)
Sales
and customer technical support; build business partner relationships (25%)
Operational
efficiency support (continuous improvement efforts) (10%)
Open
innovation, identification of new technologies (10%)
Development
and mentoring coworkers (5%)
- Create new and innovative
delivery systems for colors, flavors, and textures for a wide breadth
of product applications.
- Serve as a subject matter
expert for colors, flavors, and product applications
- Capture opportunities to
generate intellectual property
- Collaborate with sales and
marketing to partner with customers in product development efforts
- Develop or replicate
products/flavors for customers' requests.
- Provide technical support to
other functional groups within the company including Quality
Assurance, Production, Purchasing, Applications and Sales.
- Develop new processing
methods and new or improved foods to create healthier and safer food
products with a longer shelf life. Develop experimental designs to
determine shelf life of products
- Develop production
specifications
- Evaluate processing and
storage operations in plants and work with engineers and plant
operators.
- Supervise and advise on
processing and packaging operations.
- Improve the quality of
products.
Required
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a BS degree in
applicable scientific discipline: Chemistry, Food Science, Chemical
Engineering, Grain or Milling Science – graduate degree preferred
- Exhibit excellent technical
problem solving abilities and judgment, as well as attention to detail
- Broad background of
application experience preferred with colors, flavors, baked goods,
RTE cereals, and snack foods
- Strong experimental design
and statistics background
- Demonstrated history of
developing technical plans for complex projects, exhibiting strong
project management skills, effectively prioritizing multiple projects
simultaneously
- Ability to work within
manufacturing plant settings
- Ability to travel
approximately 25% of time for technical support
Knowledge
and Skills:
- Ability to work under
pressure, and meet stringent deadlines
- Demonstrates an accurate and
practical approach to work
- Partners and teams with
cross-functional work groups
- Strong ability to work
independently and be self-motivated, adjust to changing priorities,
and show flexibility and organization skills
- Strong working knowledge of
chemistry, food safety, process engineering
- Able to apply principles of
algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics
- Strong communication skills
- Applies solid judgment and
decision making considering the relative costs and benefits of
potential actions and choosing the most appropriate option
- Project management:
Establishes project goals, milestones, and procedures, defines roles
and responsibilities, acquires project resources, coordinates projects
throughout company, monitors project progress, coordinate multiple
projects
- Demonstrated knowledge and
expertise in product development and formulation, process engineering,
carbohydrate and oil chemistry, cereal chemistry
- Thorough understanding of
design of shelf life studies, and the influence of formulation and
processing on shelf life
- Strong influence and advocacy
skills
- Highly developed
communication and presentation skills, with great interpersonal skills
for working closely with internal as well as external customers
(sales, marketing, operations, R&D, customer service)
- Passion for creating
ingredients that deliver great visual, taste, and textural experiences
for customers
Key
Competencies:
- Customer Focus
- Integrity/Ethics
- Quality
- Teamwork
- Creativity/Innovation
- Initiative
- Problem Solving/Analysis
- Project Management
- Results Focus
- Technical Skills
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