Food Technologist

S&D Coffee & Tea is adding on to it's Product Development team. We are currently seeking a Food Technologist to join our organization.

Position Purpose:

Working with some supervision, the Food Technologist is responsible for the development of new products across Coffee, Tea and Extracts from concept to commercialization. Requires work with multi-disciplinary groups to innovate, optimize and customize food ingredients. Consults directly with sales and customers to meet expectations. This position reports to the Product Development Manager.

Primary Job Functions:

• Product Development
• Raw Material Assessment
• Project Requests
• Commercialization
• Technical Support
• Trade show planning and attendance
• Additional tasks or projects outside "core" responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Product Development

• Develop new product prototypes and optimization to existing products
• Improve existing products by optimizing product attributes
• Develop and maintain accurate records related to the products such as formulas, label development, production process, HACCP, product specification, nutritional data, shelf life, etc.
• Participate on cross-functional teams as applicable

Raw Material Assessment

• Evaluate and analyze risk of new or existing ingredients
• Evaluate new raw materials and conduct sensory analysis with a cross-functional group.
• Evaluate technical specification documentation for compliance with S&D requirements

Project Requests

• Completes project requests as assigned
• Provide basic application samples and usage recommendations, as needed

Commercialization

• Oversee scale-up from bench to production trials
• Develop processing parameters with current equipment for better efficiency and yields
• Create experimental plans for process improvement to recommend to cross-functional team

Technical Support

• Provide technical support to customers seeking product information and advice as it pertains to product application/usage levels
• Travel with senior staff and Salesperson on customer demonstrations; work with R&D on site.
• Provide comprehensive reports on basic data analysis and summaries

Trade Shows

• Serve as Product Development support on trade show planning teams
• Proide technical assistance to sales in the trade show booth

Additional tasks or projects outside "core" responsibility

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.