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Senior Food Technologist –
Brantford, ON
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Job ID: ·
Date:05/06/2010 ·
Location:Brantford ·
State:Ontario ·
Degree:B.S./B.A. ·
Major:Food Science or other technical degree Salary/Compensation: Competitive Salary &
Benefits Package ·
Job Types: Food Technol/Scientists,
Research & Development Job Description JOIN THE LEADER! Ralcorp,
headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is the leading producer of a variety of value
brand and store brand foods sold under the individual labels of various
grocery, mass merchandise and drugstore retailers, and frozen bakery products
sold to in-store bakeries, restaurants and other foodservice customers.
Through a recent merger with Post Foods, Ralcorp is now also a leading
producer of branded cereals. Ralcorp's diversified product mix includes:
ready-to-eat and hot cereals; nutritional and cereal bars; snack mixes,
corn-based chips and corn snack products; crackers and cookies; snack nuts;
chocolate candy; salad dressings; mayonnaise; peanut butter; jams and
jellies; syrups; sauces; frozen griddle products; frozen biscuits and other
frozen pre-baked products. We
have emerged as a solid and powerful organization focusing on newly energized
and highly motivated teams. Today we also emerge with a heightened commitment
to expand our presence through new product development and through the
acquisition of allied store brand businesses. Through operations in over
thirty plants within the United States and Canada we employ about 9,000
people with sales boasting of $4 billion. Every location offers an
environment that values each of its employees! JOB
DESCRIPTION: The
Senior Food Technologist will be responsible for developing frozen food
products from bench top through pilot plant trials and into
manufacturing/commercialization. MAIN
DUTIES: Provide the
necessary leadership to gather information relative to product concept,
participate in pretrial meeting, coordinate the transition of the product to
manufacturing and provide appropriate information to plant QA staff. This
includes developing food product prototypes from proposed concepts along with
matching capabilities. Serve as a
communication link that interacts with customers, Sales, Purchasing, QA,
Engineering and other Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products disciplines. Develop consumer
materials and product presentations for Sales and Customer groups. Perform
analyses, tests and experiments to develop and/or improve products and
materials, and develop new processing methods. Make
recommendations based on consumer expectations and plant capability. Develop
technical information for customer packaging and specifications by working
with Sales, QA, and outside technical experts. Maintain
ingredients, product samples and technical information as needed to perform
above functions. Assemble R&D
product samples and provide product technical data for sales and customers. Must be able to
travel. Other duties
and/or projects as assigned by immediate supervisor. SKILLS/COMPETENCIES: Demonstrable
networking contacts within the food industry. Integrated into
the understanding of market/business knowledge relative to the
commercialization of food product. Proven
leadership capabilities on team oriented projects and plant trials. Knowledgeable
with US and Canadian Food Regulatory laws and requirements. JOB
QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION: BS in Food
Science or other technical degree. EXPERIENCE: Minimum of three
years product development experience in a manufacturing environment. |
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