Technical Manager - Microbiome & Functional Ingredients - Erlanger, KY

Technical Manager - Microbiome and Functional Ingredients F&B - Erlanger, KY or Cranbury, NJ

MAIN FUNCTION: Food and Beverage CD&D technical support for Microbiome Solutions and other functional ingredients in the Health and Wellness portfolio. Product Development and project management experience for the North American F&B market Segment. Be the technical representative on the Creation, Design and Leadership H&W team to support the strategy and business plans to meet growth targets.

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Product Development Skills – >4 years of experience in food and beverage product development and process know-how, knowledge on functional ingredients especially probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics.
• Collaboration – The position requires excellence in project management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills with cross-functional teams.
• Communication – The position requires well developed communication skills, ability to communicate at all levels and good presentation skills
• Market Experience – able to demonstrate knowledge and technical understanding of different food and beverage market segments
• Travel – 15-20% primarily domestic travel

DESCRIPTION OF WORK PERFORMED:

• Member of the H&W team to help support strategic business, product, and account development plans to grow the business
• Identify and solve technical gaps in the use H&W portfolio ingredients commercially
• Oversee the customer projects and provide technical expertise in development, scale-up and commercialization
• Participate on NA H&W food and beverage projects as a technical expert
• Support the integration of H&W portfolio in the Nutrition team and drive commercial differentiation
• Provide input into the development and optimization of processes and best practices in all areas related to ingredient application in different formats
• Develop prototypes with H&W ingredients and analyze the ingredient compatibility
• Work on new format development and innovation projects proactively with extended CD&D teams
• Develop customer relationships and opportunities that yield sales growth in the H&W F&B category
• Track customer project trials and results, and update data to key stake-holders
• Collaborate with H&W sales teams to engage new opportunities for build the pipeline.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Science Degree or higher (chemistry /Food Science/ Food Technology/ Nutrition preferred) at a reputable educational establishment
• At least >4 years product development experience with ability to develop functional food and beverages (fermentations, probiotics, botanicals etc)..
• Good knowledge of food and beverage manufacturing processes and enumeration methods.
• Good team building and communication skills
• Highly developed project management skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft office (Excel, PPT, WORD etc.)

Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. 

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