Scientist – Ice Cream R&D North America

What Truly Sets Us Apart

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high-performance, collaborative, and focused on getting things done. We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

Role

Ice Cream is a fun, very innovative, competitive, and fast-paced category. The Magnum Ice Cream Company in North America looks after a strong portfolio of brands: Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Good Humor, Klondike, Magnum, Popsicle, Talenti and Yasso. As a member of the R&D team, you will support the R&D activities to deliver the Ice Cream program, ranging from innovation, renovation, quality improvement and margin enhancement. You will work as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver to deliver the brand’s program and business objectives.

Support/lead Projects

• Execute agreed R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, renovation, quality improvement and margin enhancement.
• Works as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.

Develop Products

• Independently design products against simple product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf-life testing, analytical testing, etc.).
• Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status;
• Be the material expert and lead creation of new specifications for new ingredients.

Technical And Product Guidance

• Provide Technical And Product Guidance
• Actively participate and/or represent R&D in Supply Chain and Marketing meetings.
• Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.

Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and marketing teams, customers, and key stakeholders.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Food Science or equivalent degree.
• 2-5 years of experience in the food industry, preferably in product development.

Technical/Project management

• Ability to independently execute tasks and projects with low-moderate complexity.
• Ability to develop, plan, conduct, and coordinate prototype development initiatives across multiple projects/tasks.
• Working knowledge in use of ingredients, formulation, process, and product design principles.
• Working knowledge in specification creation and approval and costing.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data with guidance on final conclusions.
• Working knowledge of experimental design, root cause analysis and problem-solving techniques.
• Good understanding of Supply Chain.

Communication

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to construct trial/lab reports and presentation, including recommendations.
• Ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.