Senior Manager, Beverage Technical Lead

Beverage company is seeking an experienced beverage formulation scientist to join our dynamic Product team. This role requires a candidate with strong bench-top formulation and flavor expertise in the beverage category with an innovation mindset to ideate and renovate new and existing products. This role requires the ability to work cross-functionally with the QA, Operations, Procurement teams and external partners to ensure diligence in the development, scale-up, and commercialization of products.

Duties:

• Hands-on development of new beverage applications and improvement of existing products.
• Research and establish a scientific understanding of ingredients, including but not limited to sweeteners, acids, flavors, and fiber, and their interaction with the beverage system.
• Partner, source, and manage ingredients, flavors, and equipment for product development.
• Collaborate with a network of 3rd party flavor houses and university R&D partner teams on flavor technology, ingredient research, and market insights.
• Determine functional performance and sensory properties of ingredients in finished products using industry-established analytical and sensory tools.
• Source new ingredient technologies and functional ingredients and identify ways to innovate in the CSD category.
• Create and document finished goods formulas for costing and production and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
• Employ in-house lab or external analytical lab partners to collect data on nutritional content, shelf-life, packaging testing, micro testing, and more, and make recommendations.
• Meet in-person with ingredient and product suppliers for innovation sessions and prototype trials as needed.
• Work cross-functionally with operations, marketing, and sales teams to supply prototype samples as needed.
• Work in collaboration with the QA department to ensure that the commercial-ready formulas are consistent from a sensory and food safety perspective.
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Kristine O’Sullivan at kosullivan@cps4jobs.com.
  
  

JO: 101.25KO

Salary

$140,000 Bonus

Benefits

Medical, Dental, LTD, STD, Tuition Reimbursement is also offered.