McCormick & Company, Inc. is seeking a Scientist II, Product Development - Healthcare/Confections to develop and evaluate flavor systems for application and evaluation of flavors with the use of proprietary technologies in support of customers and McCormick.
Requirements
- Strong experience with healthcare and/or confectionary Flavor Delivery Systems, Ingredients and Flavors
- Knowledge of food industry food ingredients, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations.
- Proficient in product development and commercialization across a wide variety of finished product application categories.
- An in-depth understanding of ingredients and technology along with their impact on product taste and functionality.
- Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information.
- Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions.
- Project management and ability to interact, seek advice, teach, influence, and negotiate.
Responsibilities
- Leading flavor applications and prototype development in healthcare & confectionary products and providing excellent flavor applications support for Industrial Customers.
- Facilitating complex projects including planning and leading cross functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments.
- Building competency within the area of healthcare & confectionary Flavor Applications.
- Project Management: Plan and lead project teams, defining and assessing of project requirements, designing, and managing experiments.
- Investigate and assess new ingredients and technologies.
- Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and / or with vendors.
- Commercialization of products (understanding of processes and operations for product manufacture) and troubleshooting problems.
Other
- BSc in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field
- 5-10 years’ experience in the food and/or flavor industry
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
- Demonstrate the ability to influence across the organization.
