R&D Food Scientist
A leading snack food company is seeking a Food Scientist to join its dynamic Product Development team. This is a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative, innovation-focused environment where your ideas and expertise will directly shape the future of better-for-you snacking. This role is based in the St. Louis metro area and plays a key part in developing new products, improving existing ones, and driving innovation across multiple bakery facilities.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead the development of new food products from concept through commercialization, including benchtop formulation, sensory testing, and plant trials.
- Apply your technical knowledge to identify and implement new ingredient technologies that support innovation and business growth.
- Conduct ingredient evaluations, comparative analyses, and sensory studies to support product development decisions.
- Collaborate with suppliers to source and qualify new ingredients, troubleshoot challenges, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Translate product concepts into scalable, manufacturable formulas that meet nutritional, sensory, and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with Engineering and Operations to scale up products from lab to full production, ensuring smooth plant startups and successful commercialization.
- Maintain detailed documentation of formulations, trial results, and process parameters to support knowledge transfer and training.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and consumer preferences to continuously enhance product offerings.
What You Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in food product development (bakery experience preferred)
- Strong understanding of ingredient functionality, food chemistry, and processing
- Experience with benchtop formulation and scale-up
- Excellent project management and interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with nutrition databases (e.g., Genesis) and regulatory labeling
- Willingness to travel up to 20
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