Senior Applications Scientist – Bakery - Americas

Senior Applications Scientist – Bakery - Americas

Overall Accountabilities

• Application Product Development.Create great-tasting products that incorporate the company’s products and solutions, with a primary focus on sugar reduction in the bakery category.Products will include customer-specific projects as well as proactive developments to broaden and deepen the company’s application portfolio. Characterize developed products through analytical, sensory and other methodologies.Create documentation associated with developed products, including formulas, nutrition facts panels, ingredient statements, cost-in-use analysis and sensory results.

• Customer Commercialization & Project Management.Provide on-site customer support during key R&D activities, including lab, pilot and plant trials to drive conversions and speed-to-market.Manage projects in partnership with sales team and coordinate between internal and external resources to expedite the product development process for customers.

• Category & Industry Technical Knowledge.Understand and keep abreast of bakery category market products, preferred ingredients and flavor profiles for countries and customers that we support (primarily US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia etc) to develop relevant products for our customers. Possess and further develop a strong technical knowledge base, especially on formulation and ingredient functionality.Stay informed of new ingredients, technologies and competitor offerings.Demonstrate excellent technical problem-solving skills, looking across raw materials, formulas, process etc. to find solutions.

• Sales Volume.Partner with the sales team to execute customer meetings and trade shows successfully, driving conversion. Create and present sample products and documentation for these activities as required.

• Internal Teamwork and Collaboration. Collaborates with internal partners including Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Research & Development and Technical Services to support and achieve growth-oriented volume and revenue goals and objectives. Works to resolve any major issues that arise and works to identify and improve internal processes.Establishes and maintains strong relationships with colleagues.

• Leadership. Acts with integrity. Treats others with dignity and respect. Models behavior that is consistent with core values. Delivers on commitments and deadlines and holds others accountable for the same.

• Communication. Effectively communicates with all levels of the organization. Demonstrates excellent presentation, oral, and written communication skills. Executes outstanding customer communication and relationship-building techniques.

Organizational Relationships:

• Reports to VP R&D Applications – Americas

Incumbent Profile:

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering or related field.

5+ years of progressive R&D experience in product development and/or applications in the bakery category.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Action-oriented with ability to execute and deliver results.

• Can-do creative attitude; a person that rolls up their sleeves to get things done.

• Maintain a clean and orderly lab space.

• Ability to safely lift up to 50 lbs.

• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Deep understanding of new product development, reformulation processes and the bakery category.

• Open to learning and taking on projects in categories outside of bakery.

• Willingness to travel, primarily within the Americas and occasionally to Israel.

• Language skills in Spanish and/or Portuguese are desirable, but not required.