To develop new products based on projects assigned by the Team leader of Product Development, Sales or internal customer to be delivered on-time, on-budget, and on-target.
What you'll do:
- Responsible for project management and good stakeholder management, product development principles, basic food regulatory understanding, R&D processes, protocols. Has good verbal/ written communication skills dealing with people from product development backgrounds. Develops & creates prototypes, carry out sensory, analytical evaluation and benchmarking of market products. Guides product development in product approval at customers end. Leads and works directly with production and QA team to ensure trial runs and start-up operations are properly performed for all new product development and improvement projects. Development of efficient process from R&D lab scale trials to plant scale by understanding the process in detail and upscaling on production floor. Work closely with cross functional team and help to fulfill the needs of R&D projects. Should be ok for travel for product trials and product evaluation. Able to work at flexible working hours when needed.
- Supervises product development technicians to maintain accurate inventory of R&D supplies, ingredients and finished good samples. Maintain a tracking sheet for all these inventories. Develops standards and audits the product development assets for 5S readiness.
- Ability to develop analytical methods on new and existing ingredients and products.
- Leads shelf life reports on ingredients and products.
- Maintaining complete NPD documentation.
- Operates, performs needed preventative maintenance, and maintains various pilot plant equipment utilized to manufacture pilot bench top samples. Completes clean-in-place (CIP) and related sanitation tasks for the pilot plant unit & lab. Responsible for ensuring work area is clean and organized.
- Develops systems & procedures to ensure Safety and standardized work. Committed in ensuring food safety in product and process. Responsible for establishing HACCP plan for new products.
- Responsible for all other duties as assigned by Team Leader Product Development.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor's degree/ Master's Degree in Dairy Technology/ Dairy Chemistry.
- 3-6 years' experience in research and/or product development.
- Incumbent should be sound in Natural & Processed Cheese manufacturing technology, awareness of formulation design, process improvement & modification.
- Well versed with the Food safety principles, HACCP and quality systems. Cultured dairy products manufacturing experience preferred.
- Strong analytical and dairy component understanding.
- Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities.
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Top Skills
What We Do
Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, beverages and yogurt.
Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do.
We’ve come a long way since our start as a small cheese company in 1945. Today, our team is more than 10,000 strong at locations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. But our commitment to providing safe food the right way has never changed.
At Schreiber, we call ourselves partners, not employees, and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. We make the company grow. We help each other grow and take care of each other along the way. And, we all share in the rewards.
Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we're on a journey together. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. But it’s about more than a career at Schreiber. Like a family, we care deeply about each other.
We strive to foster an inclusive work environment where all our partners can thrive. We've increased our commitment to diversity and inclusion by creating an overarching Diversity and Inclusion Council, as well as resource groups for women, African Americans, Pride, Vets and more groups that give a voice to all of our partners.
We're always looking for passionate partners to join our team and bring to life our culture of being customer obsessed and brilliant at the basics. Want to learn more about our company? Visit us at www.schreiberfoods.com.
