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Principal Food Scientist - Alternative Proteins
Lombard, IL, USA Req #3368 Friday, January 31, 2025
Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world's best-known companies.
Location : Lombard, IL
Summary : Executes R&D initiatives for the Global Alternative Protein Team, with a primary focus on breakthrough and proactive innovation. Enables product leadership in the Alternative Proteins category to align with the overall business strategy and long-range plan.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Lead and conduct cutting-edge research to develop innovative alternative protein solutions, aligning with Griffith Foods' business strategy and long-term goals. Independently plan, design, and execute experiments to drive technical excellence and contribute to breakthrough product development.
- Explore, evaluate, and implement novel ingredients and processing techniques, from bench to commercial scale, using detailed test plans to create disruptive products that meet evolving market demands.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in alternative protein technologies, providing guidance to internal teams on ingredient functionality, sensory attributes, and nutritional properties. Act as a technical consultant for ingredient selection and product development.
- Proactively identify new research areas and lead the development of high-value innovation products, ensuring they meet client needs and provide a competitive advantage in the alternative protein industry.
- Conduct thorough evaluations of product functionality, sensory characteristics, and nutrition, ensuring optimal ingredient performance. Plan and execute group product evaluations, using insights to guide project direction and enhance product outcomes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, commercialization, and category specialists, to support global innovations and disruptive R&D projects. Foster a culture of innovation by sharing research insights and driving continuous improvement within the Alternative Protein R&D Team.
- Analyze experimental and scale-up data to draw actionable conclusions, prepare detailed technical reports to document findings, assess progress, andrecommend improvements.
- Maintain strong professional relationships with clients, suppliers, academia, and industry stakeholders. Represent the R&D team in these engagements to support innovation efforts and explore collaborative opportunities.
- Ensure product formulations comply with safety, regulatory, and quality standards. Follow GLP and GMP practices, maintain accurate lab records, and ensure the confidentiality of proprietary information and data.
- Support the hiring, training, and development of summer interns and junior team members, fostering a growth-oriented environment within the organization.
- Stay current on advancements in alternative protein technologies through literature, conferences, and networking. Share knowledge with the Global and Regional R&D teams to enhance the organization's collective expertise in the alternative protein sector.
- Establish and manage technical partnerships with key ecosystem players, including academic institutions and research organizations, to drive collaborative research initiatives and advance Griffith Foods' innovation goals.
- Participate in project collaboration and knowledge exchange, with up to 30% travel as needed to ensure project success and foster global R&D integration.
Qualifications :
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Griffith Foods believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity. Griffith Foods does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of the following actual or perceived characteristics : race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic or information, AIDS or HIV status, order of protection status, marital status, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspect of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, participation in benefit programs, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.
In carrying out our commitment to equal employment opportunity, Griffith Foods will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship, safety, and / or health risk. Applicants and employees requiring reasonable accommodations must notify Human Resources.
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