About this opportunity
Kerry lists this Scientist- Research Development & Applications opportunity in beloit, Wisconsin. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
Kerry has an exciting opportunity supporting new product innovation for beverage applications in food service.
Key responsibilities
Conduct research including new product research and the development of foods.
Develop new and improved methods and systems for food processing, production, quality control and packaging.
Work in pilot plant and support production scale ups and commercialization's.
Field customer requests both internal and external to satisfy project needs from a conceptual phase through commercialization and troubleshooting.
Participate in ideation/brainstorming
Develop gold standards while working with Culinary and subject matter experts (SMEs)
Match competitive products
Formulation Optimization
Concept to Commercialization
Execute internal processes
Ability to understand and troubleshoot customer processes
Be a strong part of customer facing team to deliver solutions that will “Nourish and Delight” our customers.
Coordinate customer calls with sales/culinary representatives through presentations both technical and culinary based.
Work with cross functional groups to optimize the strengths of Kerry and deliver the best Taste and Nutrition experience for our customers
Develop and protect Intellectual Property by documenting research notes.
Study methods to improve quality of foods such as flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, or physical, chemical, and microbiological composition of foods
Complete project requests within the time frame required by the customer.
Assist customers with technical issues that may arise.
Travel to Kerry production plants and to customers.
Qualifications and skills
BS/MS/PhD in Food Science/Engineering/related science or engineering field.
3+ years of experience in Beverage Product Development.
Knowledgeable about food chemistry, sensory, microbiology, food packaging systems and food engineering.
Problem solving skills.
Ability to work with cross-functional teams at multi levels within the organization.
Must be able to taste and smell chemicals, flavors and food products.
Must be able to stand for long periods of time in a laboratory setting and lift 50 pounds.
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Worksite address
beloit, WI, 53511, US
Who can apply
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