R&D Principal Scientist, Long-Term Innovation - Product Development

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time R&D Innovation Scientist, Product Development. This new hire will work at the Technical Innovation Center, located in Hunt Valley, MD.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company with over $5 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.

Position Summary

The Principal Scientist - Innovation will lead the development of new ingredients and technologies with the main focuses on seasoning in the US and globally. This individual will lead concept ideation, investigate and assess new ingredients, collaborate with cross functional team for technology development and evaluation, design and lead overall long term strategy for the innovation program of the group to meet customers mid to long term needs.

Responsibilities

• Understand, lead, interact and manage projects performed in cooperate research groups in McCormick
• Maintain state-of-the-art depth and breadth of knowledge in the areas including food science, seasoning product development, flavor and dairy technology, sensory science etc.
• Collaborate and guide technology transfer initiatives with regional R&D team.
• Have latitude for decisions such as technical program planning, project managements and planning and technical assessment of customer needs.
• Manage a group of junior scientists and lab technicians
• Involvement in product and process development to support seasoning product development.
• Write and execute mid to long term innovation programs and projects in support of the business.
• Have routine, unsupervised contact with broad consultation with internal departments and business units.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bi-Lingual and/or Global work experience preferred
• Passion for food is required, previous culinary training is a plus
• The ability to communicate findings to senior technical leadership internally and customer externally required
• The ability to Identify gaps in technical expertise or facilities and communicate/implement possible solutions required
• Experience leading projects and/or teams required
• High degree of ownership and professional commitment
• Good Presentation skills preferred
• M.S. in Food Science, Food technology, Chemistry required, Ph.D. preferred
• Basic understanding of product development, sensory science, material technology etc. required
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of postgraduate experience, experience in product development, ingredient research and/or flavor research is required
• Intellectual curiosity, flexibility, demonstrate aptitude for complexity and innovative imagination and the ability to operate in “grey” space required
• Strong knowledge of sound experimental design required

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.