Scientist UFS Product Development

About Food Solutions

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, one of the 3 Power brands of the Foods Business Group, and a global market leader in Food Service. We operate in over 76 countries and employ approximately 4000 employees. Our unique B2B business model focuses on serving chefs, and our purpose is to free them to love what they do. We have a bold and clear ambition for 2030, aiming for increased turnover and profitability by being the best solution provider to our growing operator base. We achieve this through a product-first approach, focusing on superior quality, leading AI-powered customer experiences, and fostering a Winning culture.

We have a culture of caring deeply for both our business and our people. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit built on speed, simplicity, trust, and a strong drive to grow. Our people thrive in roles that are empowering and end-to-end, across all functions. We also invest heavily in developing future skills and leaders. Our People agenda of Accelerate-Grow-Thrive consistently leads in employee engagement, with scores exceeding Unilever's across all dimensions and being one of the most engaged teams at Unilever.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

You love to win and have fun doing it: You are passionate about product development and consumer-focused. You are comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment. You are a dot connector: You are a problem solver, breaking issues into smaller parts to examine them. You build and manage relationships with cross-functional teams, key stakeholders, and strategic vendor partners to enable progress. You are a paradox navigator: Leveraging your technical knowledge and experience, awareness of culinary and product trends, and consumer insights to deliver superior new products that meet project and business deliverables. You are a changemaker: Identifying and addressing emerging issues, setting and managing priorities, and continuously improving processes and practices.

What You’ll Do

• Lead projects: Execute agreed R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, product superiority, and margin enhancement.
• Work as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.
• Develop products independently against product briefs, design/test protocols for 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 request to approved status.
• Provide technical and product guidance.
• Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross-functional meetings.
• Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.
• Support technical investigations using root-cause analysis and problem-solving techniques as required for existing and new products.
• Establish and maintain internal and external working relationships.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• B.S. Degree in Food Science or equivalent with 3+ years of experience in the food industry preferred.
• Ability to independently execute tasks and projects with moderate complexity.
• Working knowledge in use of ingredients, formulation, process, and product design principles.
• Fully operational in specification creation and approval and costing.
• Working knowledge of experimental design, root cause analysis, and problem-solving techniques.
• Good understanding of manufacturing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to construct trial/lab reports and presentations, including making recommendations.
• Ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $71,400 to $107,200. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
• Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All applicants will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee.