Principal Beverage Scientist

Lead Flavor applications and prototype development for the beverage category reporting into the Director of Flavor and Applications.  Strong knowledge in beverage flavor delivery systems is a must along with provable skills in Project Management, technical presentations, and the ability to think critically.

The Principal Beverage Scientist will facilitate complex projects, leading cross-functional teams, defining project requirements and designing experiments.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leading flavor applications and prototype development in beverage products and providing excellent flavor applications support for Industrial Customers
• Facilitating complex projects including planning and leading cross functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments
• Building competency within the area of Beverage Flavor Applications
• Project Management: Plan and lead project teams, defining and assessing of project requirements, designing, and managing experiments
• Investigate and assess new ingredients and technologies
• Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within the company, with outside consultants, and/or with vendors
• Commercialization of products (understanding of processes and operations for product manufacture) and troubleshooting problems
• Offer Technical Support for formulations to Operations and Quality functions
• Interface and communicate project status with customers and commercial team
• Supervise and instruct lower level employees

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristen Gawrys at kgawrys@cps4jobs.com.

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Technical Qualifications:

• BSc in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the food and/or flavor industry including:
  • At least 3 years of Beverage Flavor applications in a flavor house AND/OR
  • At least 3 years of Beverage Product Development within a consumer products company
• Strong experience with Beverage Flavor Delivery Systems, Ingredients and Flavors
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information
• Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions
• Project management and ability to interact, seek advice, teach, influence, and negotiate
• Demonstrate the ability to influence across the organization
• Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
• An in-depth understanding of ingredients and technology along with their impact on product taste and functionality
• Knowledge of food industry food ingredients, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations
• Proficient in product development and commercialization across a wide variety of finished product application categories
• Intellectual curiosity, flexibility, demonstrated aptitude for complexity and managing in a complex environment, an innovative imagination, and the ability to operate in “grey” space

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristen Gawrys at kgawrys@cps4jobs.com.

JO:  176.23KG
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