Senior Food Scientist, Innovation (Hybrid)

Imagine...working for a company that knows that its people are the key to its success in the marketplace. A company in which achieving extraordinary results and having a stimulating work experience are part of the same process.

We cultivate and embrace a diverse employee population. We recognize that people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives fuel our growth and enrich our global culture.

We are looking for an individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, team oriented environment, likes to be challenged, and values the opportunity to make a difference.

The Senior Research Scientist, Front of Funnel Innovation is responsible for leading, coordinating and executing of horizon 2 product development efforts for Innovation across all Campbell’s Snacks brands, focusing on new cookie and cracker recipe and process development. This includes early-stage consumer centric co-development processes, new products & platforms recipe design, new ingredient, and strategic commercialization planning.

This position will be located in Camden, New Jersey.

The Senior Research Scientist, Front of Funnel position is a hands-on individual contributor position that will lead early-stage product ideation, co-creation and co-design programs with consumers, manage shared technical resources, respond resourcefully to new demands and challenges throughout the product & commercialization process (including bench, pilot plant, and plant trials to create prototypes for consumer testing, etc.) to support business growth.

The Senior Research Scientist is expected to possess and demonstrate a solid understanding of new product development, food science, the business, operations and the commercialization processes. The approach should be driven by experimentation, including the creative application and modification of existing products / new technologies or the identification of new and unique products which achieve business goals.

In addition, the position will include the ability to provide technical specifications and support to assure smooth rollouts of new products and processes during plant startups. This includes the provision of comprehensive documentation to enable commercialization and training of plant personnel. The Senior Research Scientist must support an environment that fosters innovation and calculated risk taking.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a creativity, resilience, a passion for developing new food experiences, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence decisions within the cross functional team (Marketing Innovation, Marketing Research, Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing, QA, Sensory, Culinary, Packaging…) and externally with partners such as ingredient vendors.

Essential responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

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We're looking for the following abilities and skills:

Relocation is Available for this role!

The Campbell Soup Company headquarters office offers:

Compensation and Benefits:

The base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between

Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.

In that regard, U.S. applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.