Technical Director – National Accounts

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the job description. Key sections: - Description: Lyons Magnus is a leading food manufacturing... (company overview). Could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. We have: - Job Type Full-time (maybe schedule? but schedule given later) - Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Schedule: Monday – Friday (occasional weekends) - Location: Walton KY - Travel Requirements: 25% - Work Environment: In-Office - Core Responsibilities: bullet list (starting with "Independently manage multiple assigned product development projects...") This is responsibilities. - Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: list of abilities (skills). Could be Skills section. - Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree... Advanced degree preferred. Minimum 10 years experience. - Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Foodservice/QSR... Beverage product development... Coffeehouse etc. - Additional Information: compensation program description, benefits list. - Also there is "Our compensation program is designed to attract..." includes benefits. - No explicit Pay or salary numbers. So we should not create Pay section because no specific pay info. Similarly Benefits: we have benefits list (Health, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Sec. 125, 401(k) plan, and more). That's specific enough to create Benefits section. - Schedule: we have Hours and Schedule info. So we can create Schedule section with that info. - About the role: we could use the initial description paragraph about Lyons Magnus and the role summary. That is substantive. - Responsibilities: the Core Responsibilities list plus maybe other responsibility sentences (like "The Technical Director – National Accounts is responsible for product development..." etc). We'll combine. - Requirements: maybe combine Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications? But we have separate headings Requirements and Qualifications. The instruction says use headings Requirements and Qualifications. Likely Requirements = required qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications? Or maybe Requirements = required qualifications, Qualifications = both? We need to decide. The instruction list includes both Requirements and Qualifications as separate headings. We need to include them only if there is real specific content. We have Required Qualifications (Bachelor's degree, 10 years experience) and Preferred Qualifications (experience with foodservice/QSR, beverage, coffeehouse). So we can put Required Qualifications under Requirements heading, and Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications heading. - Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list. - Benefits: benefits list. - Schedule: Hours and Schedule. - Pay: no specific pay, so omit. - About the role: initial paragraph(s) about company and role summary. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, E-Verify, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have no such. Now produce HTML fragment: use

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• for lists. We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. The job title is "Technical Director – National Accounts". Not to be used as heading. Let's extract content. About the role: The description paragraph(s) before responsibilities. Original: "Job Type Full-time Description Lyons Magnus is a leading food manufacturing and ingredient solutions company specializing in the development and production of high-quality beverage, nutritional, and culinary products for foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and commercial markets. With extensive manufacturing capabilities and a focus on food safety, quality assurance, and operational excellence, Lyons Magnus produces a wide range of products including nutritional beverages, coffee and tea products, syrups, sauces, smoothie mixes, and custom ingredient solutions. The Technical Director – National Accounts is responsible for product development for assigned national customer accounts and independently manages multiple customer-driven projects, including new product development, product renovation, line extensions, and cost-savings initiatives, through development and customer approval. This role works directly with customers, project managers, and cross-functional teams throughout the development process. Following customer approval, the Technical Director partners with the Commercialization team to support scale-up and commercialization. The successful candidate will be an experienced product developer with strong technical and customer-facing skills who can effectively manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment." We can combine into a few paragraphs. We should not include "Job Type Full-time" as separate; maybe include in Schedule? Actually job type is full-time, but schedule already indicates Monday-Friday. Could include in About the role or Schedule. But we have Schedule section for hours and days. We could mention full-time there. But we can also put in About the role as a sentence. However we should not duplicate. Let's include full-time in About the role: "This is a full-time position." Now Responsibilities: Core Responsibilities list plus maybe the earlier sentences about responsibilities. Let's list bullet points: - Independently manage multiple assigned product development projects for national customer accounts through formulation, product optimization, customer feedback and revisions, and customer approval. - Develop new and improved food and beverage products, including new product development, product renovation, line extensions, and cost-savings initiatives, that meet customer, sensory, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, cost, and business requirements. - Translate customer briefs, product targets, and feedback into technically feasible and commercially viable product solutions using sound food science principles. - Work directly with customers and project managers throughout the development process, including project discussions, sample reviews, product presentations, ideation sessions, technical discussions, and development updates. - Develop and present product prototypes, evaluate customer feedback, and effectively incorporate feedback into subsequent development work. - Execute benchtop development and submit formulas for pilot plant preparation; analyze results, troubleshoot product and processing challenges, and establish appropriate formulation and processing parameters. - Evaluate and select ingredients, flavors, raw materials, and technologies that meet product, customer, cost, and business requirements, working with suppliers as needed to identify appropriate technical solutions and opportunities. - Conduct and evaluate shelf-life studies for products under development to establish and verify that product requirements are maintained throughout the determined shelf life. - Partner with the Commercialization team and cross-functional departments, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Sales, to transition customer-approved products through scale-up and commercialization and provide technical support as needed. - Maintain accurate and complete formulas, development records, experimental results, trial documentation, customer feedback, and other required technical documentation. - Utilize company inventory management and work order systems to support project execution, including submission of new raw material documentation and development of finished product and processing specifications. - Collaborate with R&D team members, share technical knowledge, stay current on relevant ingredients, processing technologies, and industry trends, and support additional customer accounts and projects as business needs evolve. - Travel as needed for customer meetings, product presentations, supplier visits, plant trials, and other business needs. We need to ensure we didn't miss any: also "Following customer approval, the Technical Director partners with the Commercialization team to support scale-up and commercialization." Already covered. Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list: - Advanced knowledge of food science principles, product formulation, ingredient functionality and interactions, flavor systems, stabilization, food processing, sensory evaluation, and shelf-life. - Demonstrated ability to independently develop food and/or beverage products and apply sound scientific methods to experimental design, data analysis, troubleshooting, and technical decision-making. - Strong customer-facing, presentation, and communication skills with the ability to build effective technical relationships, understand customer needs, translate feedback into product development objectives, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences. - Strong sensory evaluation skills with the ability to assess products against customer expectations, product targets, and competitive benchmarks. - Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to independently manage multiple complex projects, priorities, timelines, and deadlines. - Strong business acumen with the ability to balance customer expectations, technical requirements, cost considerations, and business needs throughout the development process. - Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment while demonstrating ownership, accountability, responsiveness, attention to detail, and follow-through. - Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with R&D team members, cross-functional departments, suppliers, customers, and other external partners. - Self-motivated and adaptable, with the ability to operate with a high degree of independence while contributing effectively as part of a collaborative team. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and effectively utilize company systems for product development, specifications, work orders, inventory management, and project documentation. - knowledge of ingredient functionality, flavor systems, stabilization, processing, and product quality. (Note duplicate of first bullet? but keep.) We could combine duplicates but must preserve all substantive info; we can keep as is but maybe deduplicate? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicates are still substantive; we could keep them but might be redundant. Safer to keep them as separate bullets? Might be okay. Now Requirements (Required Qualifications): - Bachelor’s degree in food science, Food Technology, Dairy Science, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline required. - Advanced degree preferred. - Minimum of 10 years of progressive product development experience within the food and beverage industry. Now Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): - Experience with Foodservice and/or Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) product development strongly preferred. - Beverage product development experience strongly preferred. - Experience within or supporting the coffeehouse, café, specialty coffee, or specialty beverage industry is a plus, including experience with beverage development, ingredients, flavors, or preparation of coffee, espresso, and other handcrafted beverages. Now Benefits: - Health insurance - Dental insurance - Life insurance - Long Term Disability - Sec. 125 - 401(k) plan - and more (as stated) We could list as bullet points. Now Schedule: - Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Schedule: Monday – Friday (occasional weekends) - Travel Requirements: 25% - Work Environment: In-Office - Location: Walton KY (maybe include location in About the role or Schedule? Could add location in About the role. But we have schedule section for hours/days; location could be in About the role. However we have not used location elsewhere. Could add location in About the role paragraph. Or we could add a separate "Location" section but not in allowed headings. So we include location in About the role. Now About the role paragraph: include company overview, role summary, location, full-time, travel 25%, work environment in-office. Let's craft: Lyons Magnus is a leading food manufacturing and ingredient solutions company specializing in the development and production of high-quality beverage, nutritional, and culinary products for foodservice, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and commercial markets. With extensive manufacturing capabilities and a focus on food safety, quality assurance, and operational excellence, Lyons Magnus produces a wide range of products including nutritional beverages, coffee and tea products, syrups, sauces, smoothie mixes, and custom ingredient solutions. This full-time Technical Director – National Accounts role is based in Walton, KY and requires approximately 25% travel. The work environment is primarily in-office. The Technical Director is responsible for product development for assigned national customer accounts, independently managing multiple customer-driven projects (new product development, product renovation, line extensions, cost-savings initiatives) through development and customer approval, working directly with customers, project managers, and cross-functional teams, and partnering with the Commercialization team post-approval to support scale-up and commercialization. The successful candidate will be an experienced product developer with strong technical and customer-facing skills who can effectively manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-p