Principal Food Scientist S&D

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products.  We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world.  Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers.  While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.

Position: Principal Food Scientist – Sauces & dressings                  

Location: Monterrey, Nuevo León

Summary:

• Contributes to enable How to Win and Where to Play initiatives with specific focus on elevating Food Science capabilities and technologies related to the Sauces & Dressings product category. Leads product development projects and technical initiatives to develop new and optimized products for the NA S&D innovation pipeline. Align product & process design to our LRP aspirations focused on developing a nutritious and sustainable portfolio and support new markets creation and serve the underserved initiatives. 

Major duties & Responsibilities:

• Functions as a lead scientist to develop new and optimized products in execution of technical activities that support NA S&D innovation pipeline.
• Applies scientific and engineering principles in research, formula development, production technology, quality control, packaging, processing, shelf life and food applications.
• Works with considerable independence, exercising ingenuity and judgement in the approach to tasks.  Responsible for the design, planning, execution, and reporting of experiments and projects of considerable complexity.
• Leads multiple priorities, projects and timelines concurrently. 
• Uses technical and problem solving skills to approach complex projects. 
• Acts as a mentor to junior scientists.
• Communicates project progress internally and externally with clients and suppliers. 
• Completes product formulation, process design and packaging selection activities to drive efficient production of safe and regulatory compliant food products.
• Completes product formulation activities to ensure compliance to the Global Nutrition Criteria.
• Implements Product Development processes to improve efficiencies and effectiveness of function.
• Maintains GLP's, GMP's, and all required development records, using formula management platforms and CRM.
• Participates in cross-functional task forces to support NA S&D initiatives to accomplish our LRP aspirations.
• Represents NA S&D R&D team in professional business relationships with client and supplier base, academia, government, and corporations in the food industry.
• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the security of all information regarding product formulas and related confidential information.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum level of education: BS in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Chemistry or related technical degree.
• Experience would be between 5 and 10 years of experience within the food industry.
• Experience should have included time in R&D. QA, production & packaging experience and working directly with customers and manufacturing facilities is desirable.
• Fluent English.