About This Role
An Associate Food Scientist formulates and optimizes seasoning blends, ensuring quality, flavor, and cost-effectiveness while complying with food safety standards. This role involves conducting various tests, maintaining records, and providing technical support across different teams and customers.
Responsibilities
- Formulate and optimize seasoning blends to meet customer specifications while ensuring quality, flavor, and cost-effectiveness
- Conduct ingredient functionality tests, sensory evaluations, and application trials to ensure product consistency and performance
- Maintain accurate records of formulations, ingredient specifications, and product documentation
- Review and approve ingredient statements, mixing instructions, and usage guidelines before first-time production runs
- Work closely with R&D Scientists, R&D Chefs, and Laboratory Technicians to develop and refine seasoning formulations
- Provide technical support to sales, manufacturing, purchasing, customer service, and quality control teams
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving customer complaints by identifying and addressing product related issues
- Support key and core accounts through project management and direct collaboration with customers
- Participate in customer presentations and product demonstrations to support sales efforts
- Ensure all formulations and processes comply with food safety standards, GMPs, and company quality protocols
- Conduct internal sensory evaluations and analyze data to maintain product integrity and consistency
- Support the documentation of new ingredients and processes to ensure traceability and regulatory compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or a related field
- Demonstrated passion for the food industry, with a strong desire to continue learning and developing expertise
- Strong understanding of food chemistry, ingredient functionality, and sensory evaluation methodologies
- Ability to analyze scientific data, including sensory and commercialization studies, to make informed recommendations
- Proficiency in mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions for formulation adjustments
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to collect and interpret data, establish conclusions, and implement improvements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with customers and internal teams
- Ability to write clear and concise technical reports, correspondence, and lab results
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams
- High degree of ownership, professionalism, and adaptability in a fast-paced work environment
