What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Scientist II-PD position at Ajinomoto Foods North America?
Overview:
Qualifications:
As a Food Scientist II- Product Development, position supports the development and improvement of food products, focusing on ensuring product quality, safety, and innovation. This role provides technical support and coordination of product industrialization, production transfers and profit improvements. Will also be responsible for conducting experiments, analyzing data, conducting market research and interpreting results to understand the chemical, physical, and microbiological aspects of food.
Responsibilities:
New product development/continuous quality improvement:
- 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 ensure 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.
- B. S. in food science or a related technical degree is required
- Three years of demonstrated accomplishments in product development, preferably in a multi sales channel environment OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 25% Travel
- Range of Pay 85,000 - 95,000. Plus, annual bonus.
