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Title
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Food Scientist (Medina) –
Medina, OH
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Description
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Position Overview:
This position, under limited supervision will be responsible for
developing complex formulas, processing procedures, and specifications
for new products, product enhancement, and cost reduction products with
in a USDA facility. The incumbent will also provide advanced technical
support to Marketing, Sales, Operations, Culinary, and external
customers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develops experimental formulas, processing procedures, and
specifications for raw ingredients, subassemblies, and finished products
for new product, product improvement, and cost reduction.
• Organizes and manages test runs and commercialization of experimental
products.
• Design, validate or modify experimental formulas and processing
procedures to develop final specifications for the production of finished
products and ensure reproducibility.
• Works with team members to ensure successful start-ups of new products,
product improvement, cost reduction, ingredient, formula, specification,
or process changes.
• Evaluates, confirms acceptability, and implements proposed ingredients
or process for Supplier Optimization.
• Provides advanced technical solutions to production issues. Documents
all work according to established procedures and guidelines.
• Will assist in managing food technicians daily work load to assure best
utilization of resource and meeting aggressive sample turn around times.
• Manages technical programs and resource requirements for major
development activities
• Generates product information including specifications, nutritional
sheets and allergen information; sources ingredients; collaborates with
co-packers and create dry blends for use in finished products
• Travels to key customers for menu and product ideation
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Position
Requirements
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A minimum of a BS degree in Food Science or equivalent.
Advanced degree preferred or a Culinary Degree with a strong technical /
product development background.
A minimum of 5 years progressively more responsible research and
development experience in frozen food development. Experience within the
Food Manufacturing sector; experience within a USDA regulated facility;
experience with dry blending, frozen, and kettle operations preferred.
Must possess detailed knowledge of USDA requirements including processing
and the development of HACCP plans. Must have a demonstrated track record
of driving exceptional customer results and key deliverables. Must
possess in depth savory ingredient knowledge that is essential in the
development of the unique flavors, the cornerstone of products developed
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Full-Time/Part-Time
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Full-Time
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Shift
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Days
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Relocation Available
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No
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Division
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Custom
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Location
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Medina,OH
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About the
Organization
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GRIFFITH LABORATORIES
Griffith Laboratories is a global manufacturer of food products. We
provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry
customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends,
dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and
food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from
snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers
include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers.
While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key
components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.
CUSTOM CULINARY
For more than half a century, we’ve focused on a single mission at Custom
Culinary®: to create the finest-quality, most authentic bases, sauces and
gravies for our foodservice and food processing customers. Developed by
our culinary specialists to deliver made-from-scratch taste and
inspired results in just minutes, our products bring exceptional
aroma, flavor and consistency to all your signature dishes. True Taste
begins with Custom Culinary®.
INNOVA
Combining modern science and artistic culinary application, the Meat
Flavor Experts™ INNOVA provides high impact taste fidelity with its
Robust® brand of meat flavors. Profiles are available in every nuance
imaginable from specific notes to complex ethnic flavors systems. INNOVA provided
a full spectrum of savory flavors through the Savor Notes™ line.
EOE, M/F/D/V
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Apply
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This
position is currently accepting applications.
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