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Give and Go Prepared Foods · 4 days ago

Product Developer

Shirley, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$70K/yr - $80K/yr

4+ years exp

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. is a leading North American manufacturer of baked goods seeking a Product Developer to join their Innovation & Marketing team. The role involves conceptualizing and developing new products, conducting testing, and overseeing production processes to ensure quality and customer satisfaction.

Consumer GoodsFood and BeverageManufacturingRetailWine And Spirits

Responsibilities

Perform own Shelf Life testing, attending tastings, collating and distributing data, and advising of next steps based on outcome of testing

Lead in formulating, scaling, baking and packaging of lab & customer samples, independently maintaining TVC & PDS records for formulation records, accurate costing, and Critical to Quality Points

Own Product Development for a production line & 2 product categories in one of Give & Go’s bakeries, independently directing plant trials and FRP’s, pre-trial meetings, keeping detailed records on plant trial production details, outcomes, including labour head count and suitability to production, with Tech Services support

Record accurate formula data including recipes, methodology, deposit weights, baking losses, following test kitchen samples for translation to plant floor

Formulate new product innovations and line extensions, seeing them through to commercialization

Direct Product Development Assistant per Production plant to place & close Purchase Orders for needed Plant Trial ingredients with Suppliers

Execute commercialization of products with Tech Services support, owning personal project load; flexible to changes in workload

Assist Product Developers and Tech Services when required

Formulate new product innovations and line extensions, seeing them through to commercialization on their assigned production line

Formulate, scale, bake, label and package lab & customer samples

Record data in computer systems to save info for recipes in TVC’s

Ensure formulas are scaled to best accommodate ingredient pack sizes in the plant

Identify areas of improvements and concerns and recommend improvements by providing guidance in product upgrades to meet changing business demands

Schedule regular meetings to discuss about new product ideas and issues

Observe all SQF and HACCP policies

Troubleshoots when necessary to ensure product success

Qualification

Food Science diplomaFood Manufacturing experienceProduct Development experienceRed Seal certificationMicrosoft Office proficiencyProblem solving skillsOrganizational skillsTeamwork abilityAttention to detail