**Company Overview** **:**
We are Kerry. The Taste & Nutrition Company. We make products people enjoy and feel better about.
And, we are growing. We need talented, passionate people who want to help us make the business better. People who expect better from themselves. People who care about delivering better for customers, their colleagues, the company and their own career. People who take pride in paving new paths to lead the business forward. We need great people who want to do great things. People like you, perhaps.
If you are high energy, self-motivated, creative, collaborative, and enjoy executing against the demands of a fast-paced high growth organization, then consider joining our team to help drive your career and Kerry forward.
Kerry is a $7.5B company with world headquarters in Ireland and 40+ manufacturing facilities and 4,500 employees in North America. Learn more and/or apply at www.kerry.com/careers .
**Description and Responsibilities** **:**
Position Summary: As a key member of the RDA team, the candidate will use knowledge of products and technologies to identify and respond to opportunities that will delight and nourish both our customers and consumers. The successful candidate will join a growing and exciting organization with the opportunity for continued learning, advancement, travel and the ability to make an impact on the food sold in stores both in the USA and internationally! The ideal candidate will have the scientific/technical expertise to independently deliver on projects and will have a base understanding of product commercialization and production capabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Other duties may be assigned.
1. Conduct research including new product research and the development of foods.
2. Develop new and improved methods and systems for food processing, production, quality control and packaging.
3. Work in pilot plant and support production scale ups and commercializations.
1. Field customer requests both internal and external to satisfy project needs from a conceptual phase through commercialization and troubleshooting.
2. Participate in ideation/brainstorming
3. Develop gold standards while working with Culinary and subject matter experts (SMEs)
4. Match competitive products
5. Formulation Optimization
6. Concept to Commercialization
7. Execute internal processes
8. Ability to understand and troubleshoot customer processes
9. Be a strong part of customer facing team to deliver solutions that will “Nourish and Delight” our customers.
10. Study methods to improve quality of foods such as flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, or physical, chemical, and microbiological composition of foods
11. Assist customers with technical issues that may arise.
12. Travel to Kerry production plants and to customers.
13. Must be able to taste and smell chemicals, flavors and food products.
14. Must be able to stand for long periods in a laboratory setting and lift 50 pounds.
15. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
16. Must work well in teams.
**Qualifications** **:**
**Qualifications:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
1. BS in Food Science/Engineering/related science or engineering field from an accredited institution. MS/PhD in Food Science/Engineering/related science or engineering field is desirable but not required.
2. 1-3 years of experience in related field of work from the food service industry.Preferred experience in sauces and fillings for ice creams and/or baked goods.
3. Internship in related field or applicable food processing technology and statistical process experience.
4. Knowledgeable about food chemistry, sensory, microbiology, food packaging systems and food engineering. Product development experience a plus.
5. Language Skills Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
6. Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
7. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
**Qualifications / Experience:**
+ BS, MS, Ph.D. in Food Technology/Science/Culinary or other related fields
+ 2+ years related work experience
+ Scientific totality of evidence review and translation to business opportunities, messaging and positioning
**Competencies (Critical Skills, Aptitudes & Personality):**
+ Work well in an ambiguous setting, self-motivated, proactive, work with minimal direction
+ Work well with cross-functional teams
+ Communicate effectively, team player, report results in a conscience manner, stay abreast of current literature
+ Problem solver, solution seeker, complete given objectives, independently identify experimental work necessary to achieve project objectives, contribute workable creative ideas
+ Interact with other groups within Kerry when necessary(applications groups/marketing/production)
+ Language/Fluency: English
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
**Requisition ID** _2016-4471_
**Division** _Kerry_
**Job Locations** _US_ _-_ _WI_ _-_ _Beloit_
**Position Type** _Full Time_
**Recruiter** _JB_
**Posting Type** _LIHJ_