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JOB
SUMMARY:
The
Senior Food Scientist will be responsible for the shared management of
the activities of the Flavor & Food Application Laboratory including but
not limited to sample design, sample preparation, and part-time staff
development. Provide technical leadership, training, and guidance to a
large team of part time Laboratory Technicians. The Successful candidate
will equip and implement Food applications including but limited to:
soups & sauces, meat products, beverages (CSDs & NCBs), yogurt
& dairy, oral care and sweet goods.
ESSENTIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Liaise with suppliers for
sourcing of food ingredients
- Design and implement
service agreements for application pilot studies
- Formulate basic
applications
- Provide technical
leadership and training
- Manage operations of food
application preparation for sensory testing
- Train and Manage laboratory
staff
- Provide guidance and give
biannual performance appraisals to staff
- Schedule and design
daily/weekly workloads
- Design laboratory set ups
for food applications
- Maintain a clean and
organized lab that complies with all OSHA and other safety
regulations
- Design
and implement project formulations that align with the needs of
Project Leaders
- Effectively
translate project lead requests to physical samples accurately and
efficiently.
- Manage
and improve compound databases and inventories.
- Collaborate
with project leaders to ensure project goals and workflows align.
- Manage
multiple project set ups with different project teams and
priorities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- PhD in food science or
related field. Or MSc with minimum 10 years industrial experience
- Proven ability to formulate
and create a number of basic food applications
- Demonstrates outstanding
verbal and written communication skills and abilities
- Strong management skills
and Excellent time management.
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