Sr. Food Technologist (Beverage)
Company: Niagara Bottling, LLC
Location: Diamond Bar
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part
of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest
quality most affordable bottled water.Consider applying here, if
you want to:
- Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a
chance to make an impact.
- Develop lasting relationships with great people.
- Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.We offer
competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team
Members.Sr. Food Technologist (Beverage)The Sr. Food Technologist
is responsible to lead development of new flavored beverages, line
extensions and value engineering projects. The incumbent will also
act as a conduit to the cross functional teams, including but not
limited to: marketing, sales, quality, procurement, and
manufacturing.
- Lead primary development of beverages either internally or
through working with flavor houses.
- Formulate products to achieve target flavor and nutritional
profile, and label claims, while keeping cost in mind.
- Be technical lead on beverage formulations, ingredient
functionalities, and the different processing capabilities at
Niagara. Act as technical expert during commissioning of new
formulas by applying key knowledge of ingredient functionalities,
formulas, and processes, as well as troubleshooting skills to
ensure successful scale-up.
- Independently develop specifications for finished products and
ingredients.
- Manage internal sensory evaluations to determine product
acceptability and provide summary and recommendations to
proceed.
- Support Sales objectives by in/directly interact with
target/key customers in support of existing and new business growth
opportunities.
- Keep abreast of new ingredients, technologies, and processes
that are applicable to Niagara product portfolios.
- Maintain records of documents during development process
independently with great attention to accuracy and details that
will allow repeatability of data. This includes, but are not
limited to: lab notebooks, analytical/organoleptic and sensory test
results, formulas, and specifications.
- Ensure streamlined communications between Product Development,
Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, PLM, QA, Operations and Sales
to maintain great rapport with all cross functional teams and
ensuring awareness of key project milestones.
- Responsible for producing (or work with flavor houses to
produce) samples for customer evaluations while ensuring product
specifications and safety are met.
- Collaborate with QA, tech service, and operations to conduct
line trials of new formulations to verify manufacturing
feasibilities.
- Please note this job description is not designed to contain a
comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that
are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities
and activities may change at any time with or without prior
notice.Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- 4 Years - Experience in Food/Beverage Product Development
- 4 Years - Experience in Project Management
- 4 Years - Experience in Food or Beverage Manufacturing
- 4 Years - Knowledge of major PLM software is a plus *experience
may include a combination of work experience and education
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 6 Years- Experience in Food/Beverage Product Development
- 6 Years - Experience in Project Management
- 6 Years - Experience in Food or Beverage
Manufacturing*experience may include a combination of work
experience and educationCompetenciesProficiency in, but not limited
to:
- Strong understanding of ingredients and its functionality used
in the water/beverage industry,
- Strong understanding of product development processes and
different manufacturing processes
- Demonstrated excellent problem solving, continuous improvement
and strategic thinking skills with very minimal guidance.
- Ability to work collaboratively cross-functional team
environments
- Must be well organized
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
- Detail oriented; able to work independently and with minimal
supervision
- Fluent with all MS Office software (Outlook, Excel, Word,
PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of Genesis label development tool is a plus
- Knowledge of Agile/Oracle project management system is a
plusThis position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency
model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:
- Lead Like an Owner
- Makes safety the number one priority
- Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
- Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
- Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues
directly
- Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
- Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and
external customers
- InnovACT
- Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies,
methods, procedures, and/or products
- Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to
unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
- Increases performance through greater efficiency
- Find a Way
- Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from
other experts
- Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions
and actions
- Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
- Empowered to be Great
- Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through
growth and development opportunities
- Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
- Communicates effectively to manage expectationsEducation
- Minimum Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or other science
related field
- Preferred:
- Master's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or other science
related fieldTypical Compensation RangePay Rate Type:
Salary$95,301.00 - $138,186.00 / YearlyBenefitsAny employment
agency, person or entity that submits a resume into this career
site or to a hiring manager does so with the understanding that the
applicant's resume will become the property of Niagara Bottling,
LLC. Niagara Bottling, LLC will have the right to hire that
applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting
employment agency, person or entity.Employment agencies that have
fee agreements with Niagara Bottling, LLC and have been engaged on
a search shall submit resume to the designated Niagara Bottling,
LLC recruiter or, upon authorization, submit resume into this
career site to be eligible for placement fees.
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