About This Role
Developing and commercializing dietary supplement and nutrition products is the core of this hands-on R&D Food Scientist role. This position is ideal for a scientist who enjoys combining technical expertise, creativity, and problem-solving to meet customer and manufacturing needs. You will work closely with customers and various internal teams to transform product concepts into commercially successful solutions.
Responsibilities
- Develop dietary supplement and nutrition formulations from concept through commercialization
- Transform customer requirements, market trends, and emerging technologies into innovative product concepts and prototypes
- Serve as a technical resource for assigned customers and development projects
- Present formulation recommendations, product concepts, and technical solutions to customers and internal stakeholders
- Identify and evaluate novel ingredients, technologies, and formulation approaches to support new product development
- Partner with ingredient suppliers to identify optimal ingredient solutions for customer projects
- Design and execute bench-top, pilot, and production-scale trials
- Support scale-up and technology transfer activities to manufacturing
- Identify and qualify new equipment, processes, and manufacturing technologies
- Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams to ensure successful product launches
- Troubleshoot formulation and process challenges and support continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage new product development and reformulation projects from initiation through launch
- Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional activities to meet project objectives and customer commitments
- Facilitate project meetings and communicate progress, risks, and recommendations
- Create and maintain product development documentation, including Master Manufacturing Records (MMRs), finished product specifications, raw material specifications, and label reviews
- Develop Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts panels
- Support product compliance with regulatory requirements and third-party certifications, including Kosher, Organic (CCOF), GFCO, and related programs
- Assist with stability studies and shelf-life evaluations for new and reformulated products
- Develop productive relationships with customers, suppliers, consultants, and industry professionals
- Provide technical support to Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and other cross-functional teams
- Stay current on industry trends, ingredient innovations, and emerging technologies
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition, or a related scientific discipline