Associate Food Scientist Job at Ferrara Candy Company, Inc.
For more than 100 years, Ferrara has created sugar confections that share delight in every bite to candy lovers of all generations. Today, the company is the #1 sugar confectioner in the United States. Ferrara boasts a passionate team of more than 4,600 employees working together to create and deliver hundreds of products sold under a portfolio of more than 20 popular brands such as Brach’s®, NERDS®, SweeTARTS®, and Trolli® to more than 66 million U.S. households annually. Ferrara’s success in industry-leading innovation has been driven by deep consumer insights, strong retailer co-creation and partnerships, and a dedication to diversity of thought, experience, and people.
Associate Food Scientist
Job Location: Chicago
Chicago
Want to make an impact?
The Associate Food Scientist will support new product development, existing product improvement, new ingredient qualifications, and product specification management. This individual will work with the R&D team and cross-functional partners to identify issues and put together recommendations for solutions.
Ways you will make a difference
- Leads project design and methodology for various product & process development projects including, but not limited to: sugar confectionery, ingredient applications, and network moves.
- Develop new product formulas from bench to pilot scale and into full scale execution while providing technological expertise and ideal process recommendations
- Consistently deliver concise, accurate and complete reporting of work, leading to robust technical recommendations for both product & process improvements as well as risk identification
- Document key data from trials, productions, and lab activities.
- Observes, records, evaluates experimental data and prepares project reports.
- Utilize problem-solving tools/statistics to establish process control limits and specifications
- Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing staff in project execution, technology transfer, and problem solving.
- Actively participates in the Innovation process & supports building brands innovation pipelines.
- Passion for creativity and innovation within a commercially driven environment.
- Brings new ideas on products and process across the product range.
- Provide leadership and support, being able to proactively influence in product & process technical aspects of the network moves across existing brands.
- Provides strong cross-functional partnership with Marketing, Project management team, Quality, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations teams, to ensure an efficient and successful project progress and execution.
- Travels, both domestically and internationally (up to 25% of job)
- Ensures adherence to all company policies and procedures.
- Understands and demonstrates the Company’s core values.
- Collaborate with the Manager weekly to ensure full alignment on project initiatives, plans, and next steps
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills that will make you successful
- 1+ years of relevant work experience in product development in the food industry
- Strong knowledge of food science, food chemistry & ingredient functionality
- Strong knowledge of the product development process and equipment processes/operations
- Great understanding/appreciation of the broader business environment and application of technical and commercial knowledge during project execution.
- Ability to develop commercially successful food products
- Enjoys working in results-oriented team environment
- Ability to explain complex technical issues / solutions to a non-technical audience.
- Diplomacy to promote good relations
- Strong technical competencies with ability to troubleshoot and problem solve
- Self-starter, self-motivating: able to balance competing priorities without losing momentum and manage uncertainty and complexity in fast evolving environments.
- Very Strong interpersonal skills with ability to influence with integrity through persuasive communication to win support at more senior levels within R&D, Operations and Supply Chain and to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from different levels, backgrounds and cultures
- The ability to travel up to 25%, including international travel to Mexico
Experiences that will support your success
- B.S. Food Science or related field required.
A privately held company, Ferrara has its global headquarters in Chicago. We have a close relationship with the Ferrero Group as a related company which provides industry partnership and collaboration opportunities. Our operational network of more than 13 locations in North America includes manufacturing, distribution sales and R&D facilities. Learn more at www.ferrarausa.com or www.linkedin.com/company/ferrara-.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, employment decisions and opportunities at Ferrara will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil union status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, military or veteran status, disability, handicap, genetic information, pregnancy (childbirth or related medical condition), or on any other basis prohibited by law. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.
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