GRIT Staffing & HR Solutions · 13 hours ago
Research And Development Scientist
Landover, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expGRIT Staffing & HR Solutions is seeking a hands-on Research & Development Scientist who will drive product innovation within their bakery operations. This role involves collaborating with sales and leadership to develop new products, conducting plant trials, and managing product development schedules.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Collaborates with Sales/Marketing and Innovation Engineering to develop new products, from concept phase through successful commercialization
Conduct plant trials and new product start-ups, including full-scale production on any product innovation and renovation project. Provide support to the plant when challenges arise
Comfortable and skilled at customer-facing communication. Specifically with R&D, Culinary, and QA teams
Conceptualize and develop new product prototypes
Maintain recipes, SOPs for batching, and ingredients in the company’s systems. This includes generating Nutrition Facts Panels and ingredient statements
Working with procurement in identifying and sourcing ingredients from vendors that follow established marketing guidance and quality assurance standards for use within the product portfolio
Liaison with corporate resources on verification of new suppliers and raw materials, as well as the feasibility of new products under development
Coordinate and conduct both internal and external shelf-life studies
Initiate and assist in managing all product formulation change management control by issuing approved recipes, communicating changes, and approving BOM’s
Management of product development schedules that are required to meet project timelines
Communicate effectively with all partners throughout the development process to ensure timely and budget-friendly development
Work with finance to develop strawman costs to adhere to guidelines early in the development cycle
Participate in co-manufacture or third-party product development when required
Lead efforts to consolidate like raw materials while maintaining product integrity and optimizing formulations
Responsible for helping review formulas and looking for cost savings opportunities while maintaining safety and product performance, which could include finding substitute ingredients
Find and evaluate new technologies to keep our portfolio current with emerging trends
Key member on the NPD implementation team
May require some travel to larger customers
Experience in reverse engineering to match existing formulations
Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in food science, microbiology, or related field with at least five years of experience in product and/or formula development
Baking and Culinary training is a plus
Good understanding of formula costs
Technical knowledge of food quality/safety procedures and programs, regulatory requirements, and working knowledge of microbial hazards, HACCP program development, microbiological laboratory procedures, sanitation procedures, plant operations and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Understanding process capability and the application of process control/quality control within those processes
Familiarity with ISO 17025 Laboratory Standards
Understanding of Design Development that is associated with SQF and Food Safety Programs
Company
GRIT Staffing & HR Solutions
GRIT STAFFING, WHERE TALENT, LEADERSHIP, AND GRIT ALIGN.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase