Product Development Scientist

Position Overview

Johnsonville has an excellent opportunity for an outstanding individual to join us as a key member of our Product Development Team. Your primary responsibility will be to drive significant business growth and profitability by enabling Johnsonville to develop and commercialize products that meet critical to quality criteria through formula, process and equipment optimization.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an agile Research & Development Team to optimize or develop existing and new products or processes from concept to commercialization
• Overcome technical hurdles by integrating meat science, meat processing, food safety and consumer insight concepts that advance product and process performance of RTE and fresh meat products
• Interact and develop strong relationships with other members from Marketing, Operations, Food Safety and Quality, Engineering, R&D, and Supply Chain

Education

• Master’s Degree or higher (Ph. D preferred) in Animal or Food Science with a meat science emphasis required

Experience

• Meat industry experience (3 years) in product development of prepared refrigerated/frozen foods preferred; experience in fresh and ready-to-eat red meat/poultry is a plus
• Experience working with a wide range of proteins in both fresh and ready-to-eat formats including formulation, processing, knowledge of shelf life, food safety requirements and recommendation of packaging structures required

Skills

• Drive for results
• Comfortable with ambiguity, calculated risk taking, fast pace & change management
• Ability to communicate details to both technical and non-technical members for fact-based decision making
• Demonstrated ability to overcome technical barriers in a manner that achieves a product’s critical to quality attributes while managing cost pressures
• Analytical (gathers critical data to help the organization make informed decisions)

Other Requirements

• Travel: Up to 30%

Benefits and Compensation

• Potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match
• Affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance
• Competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, and onsite medical clinic!