Food Scientist
Ajinomoto
- Ontario, CA
- $85,000-90,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Position Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesNew product development/continuous quality improvement:
- Must have good culinary skills, ability to formulate recipes and to develop and coordinate products from bench top to commercialization.
- Evaluating competitor’s products and conducting market research proactively to learn market trend and design quality target from customer perspective.
- Planning bench work and experiments to verify technical hypothesis and analyzing results to provide next actions to reach quality target.
- Formulating product recipe with appropriate materials and ingredients, and proposing proper production process conditions.
- Documenting required information for product assessment and Executive Gate review.
- Administrate technical information and proper documents in company data base.
- Developing ingredients statement, cooking instructions, serving suggestions and nutritional fact panels.
- Establishing product controls and procedures to insure that newly developed products meet the customer needs as well as meet established company and regulatory standards (USDA and FDA).
- Proposing plan of Commercial Production Test (CP test) to Operation and Product Introduction (PI) department, then supporting CP test.
- Evaluating quality of samples in CP test and first production, and providing the evaluation report for quality approval with marketing department.
- Supporting CAPEX project by proposing machine test plan, reviewing quality in CP test and providing evaluation report.
- Promoting bench work and quality evaluation to propose solutions for raw material and ingredient replacement.
- Reformulating recipe and consolidating materials to achieve profitable improvement in
- With supervision supports Sales and Marketing in customer presentations and concept identification.
- With supervision coordinates activities with counterparts in Operations and Quality Assurance during the commercialization phase.
- Oversee the activities of R&D personnel so that quality, R&D procedures, GMP, GSP and safety standards are adhered to.
- Maintains discipline of employees under their jurisdiction in accordance with established rules and regulations. Initiates verbal and written warnings and recommends further disciplinary action as required.
- Promote a positive team oriented attitude.
- Perform all other work as required.
- B. S. in food science or a related technical degree is required and 3 years of demonstrated accomplishments in product development, preferably in a multi sales channel environment. Value-added Frozen Foods experience is a plus but not a requirement for the position.
- Good communication skills (verbal and written) with individuals at all levels within the organization and outside the organization.
- Must be computer literate
- Needs to be a self-starter, goal-oriented, focused and flexible
- Possess strong technical skills
- Must have a valid driver’s license
- Must be willing to taste food products
- Should be open to travel an average of 25% annually dependent on project needs
- Range of pay is $85,000 to $90,000 dependent on experience
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