Food Scientist - R&D Bakery

Our client, a commercial bakery is seeking a passionate and creative Food Scientist. In this role you’ll thrive in a fast-paced working environment bringing a growth mindset to generate success for their customers and consumers with strong baking/manufacturing experience.

Reporting to the Director of R&D and Quality, the right individual will lead the new product development and continuous improvement activities, develop new products from scratch formulations, improve existing formulation/process and ensure that all new products comply with food safety protocols and applicable legislation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage the product lifecycle including conceptualization, design, trials, creation and evaluation of new concepts, recipes, and products for targeted markets or customers and final product specifications
• Design formulation and food production procedures for the development and improvement of manufacturing processes for unique or large-scale opportunities, ensuring efficiency and food safety principles and standards compliance.
• Prepare finished products to the highest quality and applicable standards for marketing activities including promotional materials, photoshoots and customer events
• Set up products through commercialization process, including preparing product specification, Ingredient list and nutritional fact table for US and Canada
• Support CI team in assessing the appropriate process technologies for progressing innovation, margin improvement / productivity, quality improvement and overall portfolio optimization across their assigned suite of products

Qualifications:

• Degree in Food Science or a related Science/ Engineering degree
• 5+ years’ proven experience in baking, product development and manufacturing industries
• Knowledge of ingredients functionality, product evaluation, food safety and nutrition, food manufacturing processes, sensory science, and market research principles
• Knowledge of Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods is an asset