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Food Scientist or Senior Food Scientist-WIC01664 –
Wichita, KS
Description
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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 159,000 employees in 68 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 support our value added meats business for our foodservice
and some retail customers.
The purpose of
the position is to manage projects, provide technical expertise
and leadership to our busxiness and our customers:
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Lead customer focused development for strategic customers
(execute and implement customer development and cost savings initiatives
(focus on collaboration with Cargill businesses)
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Build relationship with strategic customers,
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Lead innovation projects (participating in marketing
sessions to build business opportunity, rsearch, develop and implement
projects (capturing intellectual property))
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Food safety (test, validate, implement products or
processes around food safety
Qualifications:
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55% Research and develop innovative customer focused
new products, services and solutions that deliver commercially viable new
products.
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30% Provide technical leadership in product and
process development and improvement, quality systems and regulatory
oversight
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10% Build business unit, CAP platform and Cargill
Corporate collaboration and provide technical expertise to team members
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5 % Build, maintain, and defend IP portfolio
Qualifications
Required
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B.S. in food/meat Science, culinary arts, or food
processing or equivalent experience .
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Minimum 2 years experience in new product
development, commercialization of new products, and/or research
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Highly motivated individual with a strong background
in scientific procedure and project management skills
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Data analysis, experimental design, and technical
writing and effective vocal communication skills
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Ability to demonstrate courtesy and effectiveness in
dealing with others
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Builds relationships with internal and external
customers
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Strong organizational skills and ability to multi
task
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Clear and effective communication, both verbal and
written
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Ability to influence outcomes with peers, customers
and vendors
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Ability to manage, lead, motivate and evaluate people
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Self motivated with ability to work independently
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Innovative, practical, creative, and adaptable
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High level of proficiency using Microsoft Office
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Ability to travel (25-40%)
Preferred:
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M.S. or Ph.D.
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Experience in retail and/or foodservice, operations,
and/or management
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Previous experience with statistical software
Position will be
filled depending on qualifications.
Job
Research and
Development
Primary
Location
US-KS-Wichita
Schedule
Full-time
Job
Type
Standard
Shift
Day Job
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