Research & Development Manager

Research & Development Manager

As the onsite R&D manager for the facility, you will lead the team as a hands-on manager supporting formulation and commercialization. You will work with a cross-functional team including plant manager, quality manager and operations manager to trouble-shoot, diagnose and implement action plans to optimize formulation to scale-up commercialization at the facility.

As R&D Manager, you will work with senior leadership in sales, marketing, and support initiatives with customers to ensure successful launch of products. As the leader for R&D at this facility, you will manage concerns and issues that arise, leaving your R&D team to remain on task to complete R&D projects.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Use your formulation and culinary chops to design new products from benchtop to production in salsas and dips categories. Be able to showcase products at tradeshows

Lead all technical development activities to scale up for commercialization, product launch, and post-launch monitoring including development of formula, technical label copy, products specifications, and quality criteria

Develop, implement, and refine department policies and processes for regulatory, nutritional labeling, documentation and filing, product quality (sensory attributes) and other determined areas

Works with HACCP team to modify HACCP/Food Safety plan accordingly

Works closely with the Purchasing team to identify solutions and efficiencies

Maintains library of product concepts, project proposals, completed project reports and shelf-life study reports

Completes and documents in house sensory panels

Uses nutritional labeling software to maintain formulas/recipes and generate ingredient statements and nutritional fact panels

Uses nutritional labeling software to maintain formulas/recipes and generate ingredient statements and nutritional fact panels

Maintains current formulas and procedures and develops new products

Assists in maintaining quality programs, and technical information including ingredient specifications, shelf-life studies, formulas and procedures, and in-process analytical data

Work in close cooperation with Sales and Marketing to present innovative products to customers and drive customer focused development

Collaborate with cross-functional departments to commercialize new products

Work closely with the Quality Assurance team on production protocols, product shelf-life studies and ingredient qualifications

Provide coaching to junior team members

**If youâ d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Damon Wickmann at .

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Technical Qualifications:

BS/MS in Food Science. 7-10 yearsâ experience in the Food Industry in Research & Development with experience in formulation to production in CPG highly preferred. Can come from dairy, salsa, produce, desserts, dips. Refrigerated is ideal

2-3 years leadership as team lead or associate manager or R&D manager

Proven track record of successful product development from concept to commercialization required

Good understanding of formulating refrigerated products a plus

Knowledge of Genesis is a plus

Ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently and work independently as your manager will be at another location

Excellent verbal, written, and oral communication

Executional excellence, personal leadership and customer focus a must

Travel about 10% of time occasional

**If youâ d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Damon Wickmann at .

JO: 114.24DW

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