Product Development Scientist - Sauces And Condiments

Job Summary:As a Product Development Scientist, you will have the opportunity to drive innovation, renovation, and maintenance of product lines, enabling growth and ensuring quality objectives and business continuity for Sauer Brands. Your role will involve prioritizing and executing technical projects that contribute to the condiments and sauces business. Daily responsibilities include crafting and performing tests, analyzing data, presenting results cross-functionally, and commercializing pipeline opportunities.Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Work with cross functional teams to lead and support condiment and sauce projects from concept to commercialization, including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Quality, and ProcurementDemonstrate the willingness and ability to learn new product categories and processing technologiesApply technical expertise in food science to ideate and develop product concepts/prototypes that solve for customer issues within the context of our portfolio of productsManage multiple development projects concurrently to meet R&D timelinesDesign and execute bench and factory trials, then summarize and translate results clearly for technical and non-technical teamsDirect communication with external partners including customers, suppliers, and manufacturing partnersAdapt and apply scientific principles to new situations/products and have a high degree of autonomyCreate and update multi-component product documentation and specifications with attention to detail

What We Are Looking For:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering or a related scientific fieldMinimum of five (5) years relevant product development and commercialization experience required; familiarity leading projects for foodservice and/or condiments and sauces strongly preferredUnderstanding of ingredient functionality and interrelationship of ingredients, processes, and packaging

Demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:

Excellent communication, influencing, prioritization, and project management skillsStrong critical thinking skills and ability to make connections to the big pictureAbility to manage multiple assignments/tasks concurrently with the ability to question the priority of workStrong understanding of Design of Experiments

Other:

Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time to support commercialization activities and customer engagements

What Is In It For You?Our company acknowledges talented people are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, and outstanding advancement opportunities. For this reason, we offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan that includes the following:

401KMedical/Dental/Vision CoverageVacation, Sick Days and HolidaysParental LeaveFlexible Spending AccountsTuition ReimbursementEmployee and Dependent Life InsuranceCompany paid Short-term and Long-term disabilityOther Voluntary Insurance Options

Sauer Brands, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.