Job Summary
Applications Technologist
The essential functions and basic duties of the Applications Technologist will include:
Project Management
- Develops work plans and has proven time and project management skills
- Ability to manage relationships with universities and coordinate testing at university culinary innovation center to conduct plant-based meat alternative application studies
- Works closely with the company’s quality team to conduct bakery studies in our laboratory
- Assist with R&D and production trials focused on new product development where customer input will be key to product success
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to think through technical solutions with an eye towards the commercial implication to the business
- Familiar with Stage Gate processes and project tracking and prioritization to drive business success
Customer Support & Technical Partnership
- Provide technical service to customers as needed (plant trials, troubleshooting, answering technical questions, and presenting innovation concepts) both virtually and in-person, as needed, to support base-business and innovation efforts
- Demonstrate an understanding of customers, category markets, brand understanding, and consumer preferences to further drive new product development projects
- Develop strong relationships with aligned customers in the plant-based meat and bakery segments
- Take key R&D new product initiatives and evaluate in end formulations for value proposition and within customer project scopes
- Coordinate customer sample requests with the commercial and quality teams
Innovation
- Understands ingredient functionality and performance in different finished products and incorporate technology appropriately
- Assist with the development of new product and application literature, including Technical Reports, Concept Sheets, and Customer-focused Presentations
- Develop finished product formulations incorporating company’s new product technologies for concept demos to customers and/or assist customers in evaluating company’s technology within the scope of their requirements
- Work on projects for key local, strategic, and regional customers with commercial success
- Utilize market insights database to help commercial team in presentations with customers to support our new product initiatives against customer’s brand and product portfolio
- Participate in relevant industry tradeshow or technical events to support commercial team and product initiatives
Leadership
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Flexibility to changing priorities
- Ability to work within a team
- Open knowledge sharing
- Ability to communicate effectively across the organization
- Be a champion for food safety and FSMA requirements when working within the company’s laboratories and with university and external partners
Technical Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or other related discipline
- Hands on experience in applied application technology “at the customer” a plus
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Dynamic problem solver with solid analytical skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in ingredient manufacturing and/or consumer good company in similar conditions
- 0-3 years’+ relevant industry segment experience: bakery/snack, vegetable proteins, plant-based meat alternative applications, etc. as well as high value, differentiated ingredients experience
- Excellent communication and listening skills; ability to step away from the details and share the big picture impact
- Dynamic, creative problem solver with solid analytical skills
- Superior project timeline development, risk assessment, and prioritization skills. Project management course work or certification a plus
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a strong bias for action
**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at kosullivan cps4jobs.com.
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How to Apply
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