Career Opportunities: Food
Scientist - Bakery and Snack Applications (6922) – Bridgewater, NJ
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) is
a leading global ingredients solutions provider specializing in
nature-based sweeteners, starches and nutrition ingredients. With customers
in more than 40 countries, Ingredion, formerly
Corn Products International, serves approximately
60 diverse sectors in food, beverage, brewing, pharmaceuticals and other
industries. For more information, visit ingredion.com.
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Job Title:
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Food Scientist -Bakery
and Snack Applications
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Position
Location:
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Bridgewater, NJ
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Business Unit:
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Global Innovation
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Primary
Function
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The Food Scientist in
our product development function will be a key contributor to our Bakery
and Snack projects. This will include managing a portfolio of projects which
involves planning and executing research, leading experimental design,
execution and commercialization for new product development, and customer
and product support. This will also include advancing the capabilities of
the bakery and snack area.
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Reports To:
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Bakery and Snacks Team
Leader
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Supervision:
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None immediately –
future potential to supervise technologists
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Key
Deliverables
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Business
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Use food science/bakery science expertise to develop, lead and
manage bakery and snack projects including commercializing ingredients.
Includes interdisciplinary projects of global scope.
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Identify and propose potential new products and technologies
for bakery and snack segemnt.
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Provide support for customer projects.
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Run tests at external facilities, or support customers.
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Agility and Innovation
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Design and conduct experiments in the laboratory or pilot
plant to progress projects.
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Support the development of new bakery and snacks capability in
the organization including providing required education/training.
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Stay abreast of bakery and snacks technology environment
(market trends, IP landscape) to differentiate products and technologies.
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Relationships
and People
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Serve as a technical lead on multifunctional product
development teams.
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Collaborate with cereal science, process technology, system
design & measurement, sensory and marketing functions to develop and
commercialize productts.
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Communicate results and keep appropriate records to support
internal clients and external customers.
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Knowledge,
Skills,
and
Requirements:
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PhD in food science/engineering or a related field with 1 or
more years of relevant work experience desired, MS with 4+ years or BS with
8+ years relevant experience required.
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Applications and/or product development experience in the
bakery and/or snacks industry (e.g. bread and rolls, cakes, biscuits,
extruded and sheeted crackers and snacks, pasta, breakfast cereals and
bars inclduing related RTE, dry-mix or frozen
dough products) is required.
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Demonstrated experience in hands-on product development with
laboratory and/or pilot plant equipment/processes related to bakery
and/or snacks products and/or relevant ingredient development required.
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Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and interact with a
cross-functional team. Supervisory skills and experience desired.
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Experience with experiment design, statistical data
analysis, and interpretation of results desired.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office (word, excel, power-point,
project).
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with proven
ability to communicate technical information both verbally and written
(making presentations and technical reports).
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Demonstrated track record of significant technical
achievement including patents, publications, presentations, and product
development/ launch experience.
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Demonstrated project management skills and experience.
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Demonstrated teamwork and leadership skills and experience.
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Some travel required- 10%.
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Desired
behavior,
personal
attributes:
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Self-motivated and results-driven.
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Creative problem solver- driven for invention/innovation.
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Demonstrated ability to deliver under agreed upon deadlines.
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Customer focused
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Relocation
Available:
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Yes – Relocation Within Country
Considered
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Ingredion Incorporated is proud to provide a competitive
compensation and benefits package including medical, dental and life insurance,
a 401(k) with a generous company match, a pension plan and long term career
growth potential.
Apply
Now
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