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HB Specialty Foods · 2 days ago

R&D Product Developer

Nampa, ID

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

HB Specialty Foods is seeking an R&D Product Developer to join their innovative team focused on delivering high-quality food products. The role involves developing new products, upgrading existing ones, and ensuring they meet consumer needs and business strategies while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

AgricultureFood and Beverage

Responsibilities

Develop new products and/or upgrade core products to meet consumer needs and business strategies

Create innovative new products to be presented to customers and increase presence with potential, new, and existing customers

Experience in effective interactions with key customers including preparing, attending, and presenting new product innovations when applicable

Define quality standards such as sensory, product performance, food safety, and regulatory requirements

Understand fundamental functional characteristics of starch, grain flours, flavors, emulsifiers, and other ingredient forms in food applications

Explore and research new ingredients and product concepts so that they can be applied as product improvements, cost reductions, or innovations

Leverage collective expertise to suggest improvements to cost of goods, product design and manufacturing, sustainability, and ROI

Translate bench top designs to full-scale production products

Lead plant trials associated with new product launches

Lead product launch process to ensure new products are brought to market smoothly, completely, and in a timely manner

Use critical thinking skills to solve complex problems and develop appropriate technical solutions to support production, QA, sales, and customers

Collaborate with a cross-functional team comprised of sales, quality, regulatory, production, purchasing and marketing partners

Work with sales to provide technical service support to customers

Manage and prioritize customer projects with R&D Manager and sales

Maintain and organize concise records of all technical and business activities

Approach projects with a practical knowledge of HB Specialty Foods products, operational systems, food processing capabilities and impact of distribution chains

Perform other duties as assigned