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Job Description:
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I choose Opportunity. Whatever job you're looking for, you can probably find it at
Cargill. Our diverse partnerships across a variety of industries mean countless
career opportunities for you. It's your choice. It's your future. And you
can make it happen at Cargill.
Cargill was founded in 1865 out of a single grain facility in
Iowa. Today, we're headquartered outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, but we have
offices spanning the globe. Our purpose is to be the global leader in
nourishing people. With 153,000 employees in 66 countries, Cargill is a
company committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with
customers in five key areas: crops and livestock; food; health and
pharmaceuticals; industrial; and financial and risk management.
Cargill's meat business, headquartered in Wichita, KS, is
comprised of beef, pork, turkey, value added meats, case ready,
distribution and feeder operations. Cargill's meat businesses employ
approximately 35,000 worldwide with processing facilities and sales offices
in the US, Canada, Australia, China, Honduras, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Cargill has an exciting opportunity available for a Food Scientist or Senior Food Scientist
located at our Research & Development facility in Wichita, Kansas. This
position will conduct research aligned with business needs for purposes of
new product development, new process development, process improvement,
technical sales support, and trouble shooting. Research can include the
entire process from discovery to commercialization or segments of the
process.
The purpose of the position is to provide technical expertise
and leadership and project leadership to:
- New Product Development for
product line growth
- Process development for the
creation of new capabilities and/or labor expense reduction efforts
- Creation, perfection, and
defense of new and existing IP
- Involvement in strategic plan
and creation of a center of excellence and collaboration
- Provides positive mentoring
and technical assistance to Jr team members through coaching
Qualifications:
- 25% Research and develop
innovative customer focused new products, services and solutions that deliver
commercially viable new products.
- 30 Ūliver high performance
innovation, supporting core and new products.
- 30% Provide technical
leadership in product and process development and regulatory
oversight.
- 10% Build business unit, CAP
platform and Cargill Corporate collaboration and provide technical
expertise to team members
- 5 % Build, maintain, and
defend IP portfolio
Required
- B.S. in food/meat Science,
culinary arts, or food processing or equivalent experience .
- Minimum 5 years experience in
new product development, commercialization of new products, and/or
research. or equivalent.
- Highly motivated individual
with a strong background in scientific procedure and project
management skills
- Data analysis, experimental
design, and technical writing and effective vocal communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate
courtesy and effectiveness in dealing with others
- Builds relationships with
internal and external customers
- Strong organizational skills
and ability to multi task
- Clear and effective
communication, both verbal and written
- Ability to influence outcomes
with peers, customers and vendors
- Ability to manage, lead,
motivate and evaluate people
- Self motivated with ability
to work independently
- Innovative, practical, creative,
and adaptable
- High level of proficiency
using Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel (25-40%)
Preferred:
- M.S. or Ph.D.
- Experience in retail and/or
foodservice, operations, and/or management
- Previous experience with
statistical software
Position will be filled depending on qualifications.
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