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Product Development Scientist-GAI00474
- GA-Gainesville Cargill is a unique place
to grow your career, your experience and your abilities. Every day, we grow our
reputation as a leading international producer of food, agricultural,
financial and industrial products and services. We take pride in our global
reach, ability to contribute, and strong work ethics and values. Founded in 1865,
Cargill is a privately held company and employs 140,000 people in 65
countries with annual revenues in excess of $133.9 billion. Through
innovation, creativity and teamwork, we are transforming entire markets and people’s lives
worldwide, and we can have the same impact on your career. Discover how we
can be Better Together at www.cargill.com. Description
Cargill Dressings, Sauces
& Oils refines vegetable and tropical oils and animal fat for a wide
range of food and nonfood manufacturers. We also make shortenings, frying
oils, mayonnaise, dressings, and sauces for the foodservice industry. The business operates seven oil refineries, five shortening
and oil packaging plants, a mayonnaise production facility, a dressings plant and a culinary sauce facility, all of which
are located in the United States. We also operate an edible oil refinery in
Mexico. Customers include major food manufacturers and quick-service
and casual-dining restaurant chains. Dressings Sauces & Oils is
integrated with Cargill's soybean crushing activities, which provide a
reliable source of crude soybean oil for further processing. Position Purpose: The Product Development Scientist is a key member of the
Dressings, Sauces and Mayonnaise (DSM) Development Team. Working in
conjunction with assigned culinary partner the PD scientist will deliver new
product innovation projects across assigned customer based. Key
responsibilities include: coordination/execution of customer ideation
sessions aligned with their strategy, consumer trends and success criteria;
bench level development, and successful transition/scale up to
commercialization team. The PD Scientist/Culinary team in conjunction with
the CFNA sales tag is also be responsible for developing and maintaining
highly engaged customer relationships to drive business success.
40% - Support attainment of DSM new product development profit
targets through development of innovative dressing & sauce formulations
for assigned customers that are aligned with customer strategic direction,
and consumer trends while achieving project success criteria and key
milestones. Solution must be fully scale able to Operations. Facilitate and
support commercialization and launch activates through seamless hand-off to
Commercialization team. 20% - Pro-actively bring creative customer solutions through
coordination/preparation/execution of customer ideation sessions aligned with
Customer strategy and leveraging market/flavor trend data to support overall
approach and specific recommendations. Develop and showcase dressing/sauce
prototypes in complete builds that support recommendation. 20% - Working in conjunction with Culinary partner and Sales
tag, develop and maintain strong customer partnerships across assigned
customer base. Understands Customers’ strategic direction and fully partner
to deliver against their innovation goals. 25% - General bench support as assigned to support broader
Development and Commercialization Teams’ initiatives, opportunities against
House Accounts and the branded line, general troubleshooting support and
experimentation to explore novel ingredients. Qualifications
Required: ·
B.S. Degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Biology or
other closely related scientific field ·
2+ years work experience
within a food industry technical function ·
Solid command of food science principles and
understanding of ingredient functionality ·
Analytical thinker and problem solver ·
Demonstrated ability to work as member of cross
functional team ·
Excellent written and oral communication skills ·
Highly effective interpersonal skills ·
25% travel Desired: ·
M.S. Degree in Food Science or closely related
scientific field ·
5 years work experience
within a food industry technical function ·
Experience with dressings & sauces
formulations/processing ·
Demonstrated leadership ability ·
Proven skills managing customer relationship Cargill is an EEO/AA
employer. Job
Research and Development Primary Location
US-GA-Gainesville Schedule
Full-time Job Type
Standard Shift
Day Job |
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