Senior Food Scientist, Value Engineering

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Downers Grove (Woodcreek Dr)

Job Type:

Research and Development

Job Posting Title:

Senior Food Scientist, Value Engineering

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain: 

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role: 

The Senior Food Scientist role provides support to the Value Engineering team, and under limited supervision, leads the design, planning, validation, and implementation of products focusing on cost saving, efficiency improvement, and consolidation across the entire TreeHouse Portfolio. You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to: 

• Independently and collaboratively working on the execution of development from bench to production scale for cost saving projects, product improvements, and consolidation efforts throughout the TreeHouse portfolio.  

• Defining the formulation, nutritional and process parameters needed to develop a product which meets the project objective(s); Understanding the impact of these parameters to overall project. 

• Identifying opportunities for competitive market advantage, which could include AI technologies, new cost saving solutions or process enhancements. 

• Providing judgement and experience to assure that an appropriate level of technical knowledge and discipline are being applied and utilized in business decisions. 

• Partnering and communicating effectively with cross-functional groups: Marketing, Sales, QA, Procurement, Finance, Operations and Engineering. 

• Ensuring the transfer of technology to the operations team when commercializing products. Providing technical oversight of internal and external manufacturing start-ups and ongoing technical service. 

 

Important Details:

• This is a full-time position at our Downers Grove Innovation Lab on a hybrid schedule with 30% travel.