Food Scientist
Company: Ajinomoto Foods North America
Location: Ontario
Posted on: May 5, 2024
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Job Description:
Overview Ontario based position is responsible for generating
and developing new products and continuous quality improvement from
bench top through manufacturing scale up. Position also provides
technical support and coordination of product industrialization,
production transfers and profit improvements. The Food Scientist is
expected to complete various projects under the supervision and
support from their manager and actively contribute within the
R&D organization. Reporting to a member of the R&D
management team, position will perform the following duties and
responsibility.
Responsibilities New product development/continuous quality
improvement:
Must have good culinary skills, ability to formulate recipes and to
develop and coordinate products from bench top to
commercialization.
Evaluating competitor's products and conducting market research
proactively to learn market trend and design quality target from
customer perspective.
Planning bench work and experiments to verify technical hypothesis
and analyzing results to provide next actions to reach quality
target.
Formulating product recipe with appropriate materials and
ingredients, and proposing proper production process
conditions.
Documenting required information for product assessment and
Executive Gate review.
Administrate technical information and proper documents in company
data base.
Developing ingredients statement, cooking instructions, serving
suggestions and nutritional fact panels. Product
industrialization/production transfers/profit improvement:
Establishing product controls and procedures to insure that newly
developed products meet the customer needs as well as meet
established company and regulatory standards (USDA and FDA).
Proposing plan of Commercial Production Test (CP test) to Operation
and Product Introduction (PI) department, then supporting CP
test.
Evaluating quality of samples in CP test and first production, and
providing the evaluation report for quality approval with marketing
department.
Supporting CAPEX project by proposing machine test plan, reviewing
quality in CP test and providing evaluation report.
Promoting bench work and quality evaluation to propose solutions
for raw material and ingredient replacement.
Reformulating recipe and consolidating materials to achieve
profitable improvement in Project completion/contribution to
R&D organization:
With supervision supports Sales and Marketing in customer
presentations and concept identification.
With supervision coordinates activities with counterparts in
Operations and Quality Assurance during the commercialization
phase.
Oversee the activities of R&D personnel so that quality,
R&D procedures, GMP, GSP and safety standards are adhered
to.
Maintains discipline of employees under their jurisdiction in
accordance with established rules and regulations. Initiates verbal
and written warnings and recommends further disciplinary action as
required.
Promote a positive team oriented attitude.
Perform all other work as required.
Qualifications
B. S. in food science or a related technical degree is required and
3 years of demonstrated accomplishments in product development,
preferably in a multi sales channel environment. Value-added Frozen
Foods experience is a plus but not a requirement for the
position.
Good communication skills (verbal and written) with individuals at
all levels within the organization and outside the
organization.
Must be computer literate
Needs to be a self-starter, goal-oriented, focused and flexible
Possess strong technical skills
Must have a valid driver's license
Must be willing to taste food products
Should be open to travel an average of 25% annually dependent on
project needs
Range of pay is $85,000 to $90,000 dependent on experience
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