Product Development Scientist - Liquid
Description
We are working alongside our client in the food palatability sector based in Missouri to hire a Product Development Scientist to focus on LTR / HTR liquid products / concentrates.
Who we are
We are a dynamic recruitment agency that has evolved since our first establishment in 2012. We work with several high-profile clients globally to help them source and retain top-tier talent.
Location : Missouri
The Role
You will play a critical in the global Research & Development driving product sciences to deliver successful new products, scale-up of new technology, taking supply assurance of raw materials into consideration, management of critical risk factors in product development and provide technical support to operations.
Requirements\Qualifications :
- Good understanding of food technology, chemistry, microbiology, food assurance and sensory science through academic and practical experiences.
- Experience in formulating recipes and liquid processing.
- Understanding of flavor generation, in particular maillard reaction.
- Experienced in using research methods, experimental designs, and data analysis.
- Understand fundamentals of good project management and be able to use in the projects on daily basis.
Responsibilities :
Technical lead for the development of key new products to enable the Science & Technology pipeline strategy with a focus on LTR / HTR liquid products / concentrates.Lead multi-disciplinary teams responsible for innovation projects from concept to execution.Apply expertise in flavor chemistry (maillard reaction) and biotechnology (enzymes) to generate experimental designs-based solutions.Conduct lab work to develop new liquid products and to evaluate new products with analytical capabilities (e.g. NIR, viscosity).