Essential Functions
- Collaborate with Sales throughout product development lifecycle to create high quality, innovative, cost and
operationally effective products that appeal to customers
- Receive, organize, and process sample requests
- Develop or replicate products/flavors for customer requests
- Lead the implementation of projects involving product improvement, cost reduction, GMP compliance, food
safety, and employee safety
- Organize and complete shelf life evaluations including organoleptic assessments
- Compile and analyze data to summarize results from personal and team analyses
- Engage with Operations, Engineering, and Quality Assurance to ensure all product formulations, processes, and
specifications meet defined standards
- Support new item setups including plant tests and pilot runs, ensuring the migration of products from one facility
to another occurs with rigor and high quality
- Document and draw conclusions/next steps from experimental results or production trials
- Troubleshoot and resolve various technical project challenges with the support of the supervisor
- Oversee the lab’s daily tasks and activities in the absence of the supervisor
- Represent R&D in absence of supervisor in key cross-functional meetings and collaborate with team members in
various departments, including Marketing, Finance, Operations, Quality Assurance, Procurement, CoManufacturing, etc.
- Further knowledge in new materials, processes, and equipment to enhance the technical understanding of the
R&D team
- Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of products manufactured in the facility
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned