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FOOD
SCIENTIST
Reports to the Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing
and Global Supply Chain Development
Job Location is Buhl, Idaho
Salary Range: Competitive Salary
Job Summary
The Food Scientist reports to the Executive Vice President of Sales,
Marketing, and Global Supply Chain Development. This exempt, salaried
position requires a hands-on individual with the ability to develop innovative
food products and adapt them for production line execution. Clear Springs
provides fresh and frozen food products to customers nationally. Clear
Springs is a fully vertically integrated company that controls all aspects
of its food business from inception to market.
Essential Functions
- Responsible for Product
Development
- Manage Product Development
strategies and objectives.
- Work with senior management
staff to develop strategies for short term and long range product line
growth.
- Develop, discuss and promote
new product ideas.
- Develop both new products for
Clear Springs brands, as well as customer brands:
- Work with customers to
develop and refine products to their specifications.
- Develop presentations to customers
as needed.
- Travel with other Clear
Springs staff to customer meetings/events; industry events as needed
to demonstrate Clear Springs products to
targeted audience.
- Provide ideas and information
with regard to market trends in the food industry.
- Be actively involved in
providing information to sales, marketing and operations with regard
to culinary trends.
- Perform other duties as
assigned or needed.
- Maintain department files and
correspondence.
- Communication/Customer
Contact
- Participate in discussion
about confidential/sensitive matters.
- Communicate with other
employees and departments through written and oral interactions.
- Develop and maintain customer
and supplier contacts.
- Communicate with all members
of the Sales and Marketing group as needed.
- Provide regular reports to
Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Global Supply Chain
Development.
- Work in cooperation with all
members of the Operations and Quality Assurance groups as needed.
Technical Requirements
- Develop and Maintain
Nutritional Specifications for Products.
- Perform other duties as
assigned or needed.
- Involvement in
industry/culinary associations such as RCA and ACF.
Qualifications
- Requires a Bachelor’s Degree
in food science.
- Requires culinary experience
and interest in food.
- Requires previous management
experience.
- Manage multiple projects
concurrently.
- Requires two to five years of
food science/culinary work experience.
- Excellent interpersonal
skills.
- Ability to calculate figures
and amounts such as rate, ratio, and percent; and to draw and
interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense
to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
- Ability to write routine reports
and correspondence.
- Required to have advanced
knowledge of computer programs such as Word, Excel, and Power Point.
- Ability to read and interpret
documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to speak effectively
before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- Independent decision making
skills are necessary.
- Ability to pass drug test.
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