HB Specialty Foods is looking to develop top product quality, value, functionality, and taste through the R&D Product Developer role.
Requirements
- Understand fundamental functional characteristics of starch, grain flours, flavors, emulsifiers, and other ingredient forms in food applications.
- Explore and research new ingredients and product concepts so that they can be applied as product improvements, cost reductions, or innovations.
- Translate bench top designs to full-scale production products.
- Use critical thinking skills to solve complex problems and develop appropriate technical solutions to support production, QA, sales, and customers.
- Approach projects with a practical knowledge of HB Specialty Foods products, operational systems, food processing capabilities and impact of distribution chains.
- Two to five years of product development and commercialization experience.
Responsibilities
- Develop new products and/or upgrade core products to meet consumer needs and business strategies.
- Create innovative new products to be presented to customers and increase presence with potential, new, and existing customers.
- Define quality standards such as sensory, product performance, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Understand fundamental functional characteristics of starch, grain flours, flavors, emulsifiers, and other ingredient forms in food applications.
- Explore and research new ingredients and product concepts so that they can be applied as product improvements, cost reductions, or innovations.
- Translate bench top designs to full-scale production products.
- Lead plant trials associated with new product launches.
Other
- Experience in effective interactions with key customers including preparing, attending, and presenting new product innovations when applicable.
- Leverage collective expertise to suggest improvements to cost of goods, product design and manufacturing, sustainability, and ROI.
- Lead product launch process to ensure new products are brought to market smoothly, completely, and in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team comprised of sales, quality, regulatory, production, purchasing and marketing partners.
- Work with sales to provide technical service support to customers.
