Senior Formulation Scientist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the design, optimization, and commercialization of complex formulations and create technical documents.
• Serve as a technical owner of assigned key global accounts.
• Create, review, and maintain formulation documentation, specifications, and technical deliverables.
• Support formulation scale-up activities in partnership with the R&D sample lab, manufacturing, and operations teams.
• Apply analytical, stoichiometric, and scale-up principles to formulation problem solving and optimization.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customer discussions, including unsupervised customer visits and technical presentations.
• Collaborate effectively with Sales, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Manufacturing, and other cross-functional partners on formulation initiatives.
• Support technical onboarding, training delivery, and mentorship of R&D team members.
• Participate in ECOs, ingredient substitutions, and formulation refinements to support continuous improvement.
• Represent R&D in cross-functional forums or onboarding discussions.
• May provide temporary coverage for select formulation approvals or project acceptance, at the direction of the R&D Manager, to support business continuity.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of departmental and organizational objectives.

Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree in Food Science/Nutrition/Chemistry preferred.
• 10+ years' experience in the food industry in a scientific role OR 7+ years in a food/supplement formulation role at a food/supplement company.
• Advanced formulation design expertise with production blending or process flow experience (both preferred).
• Strong understanding of formulation scalability and manufacturing constraints.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience working with and reading work orders and technical documentation.
• Competence in analytical or mathematical calculations, especially those in stoichiometric and/or scale-up processes.
• Ability to use wet chemical lab equipment, including but not limited to lab scales.
• Able to manage large projects by themselves or with a team.