Senior Research Scientist

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Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Research Scientist will coordinate and align routine shelf-life analysis and innovate by exploring, developing and implementing new shelf-life processes. In this position, you will provide technical expertise to new product development for product line growth and technology/process development for the creation of new shelf-life capabilities. This position identifies and implements technical solutions against business goals.

Key Accountabilities

• Identify product growth and new product/process opportunities, modifying plans to meet opportunities.
• Stay current with literature and analytical advancements and works with independently on daily tasks.
• Provide technical leadership in shelf-life analysis and process development and improvement, quality systems, and regulatory oversight.
• Develops and implements innovation roadmap market plan(s), including market and innovation plans aligned to the business strategy.
• Work with cross-functional teams (marketing, insights, sales, ops, food safety quality and regulatory).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop short and long-term testing programs for experimental and commercial products and hybrids.
• Partner with sales, business management, and marketing partners to identify customer needs and translate these into new product development opportunities.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will be provided for this position.
• Travel is required to cover the area of responsibility up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Previous laboratory supervision experience
• Shelf-life assessment experience
• Ability to travel 25% of the time

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD degree
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with evolving business-critical technology
• Strategic thinker with the ability to build effective plans to support strategic initiatives

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Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.