at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Glenview, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description
Here at Kraft Heinz, we grow our people to grow our business, because we believe that great people make great companies. When you join our table, you can expect access to an array of holistic wellness benefits* and perks, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 7% 401(k) matching, Business Resource Groups (BRGs) to help foster diversity, inclusion, and belonging for all employees, an industry-leading total rewards package that emphasizes a high discretionary bonus.
*Benefits begin 30 days after hire for hourly employees, and immediately upon hire for salaried employees.
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Associate Scientist - Technology Applications at a glance...
This is a Research and Development (R&D) role within our central research organization on the Technology Applications team in our Glenview, IL Kraft Heinz Innovation Center. This position offers you an excellent opportunity to support innovative and disruptive ingredient technology platforms while creating competitive advantage across the global Kraft Heinz portfolio. You will lead and support the development of prototypes, validate technology in model systems and applications, support and conduct technology scale up trials, conduct sample analysis, and support processes to commercialize technologies. This includes understanding of the business need, designing and performing tests, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, documenting, and communicating results to both technical and non-technical audiences. Proven communication and collaboration skills are critical in this role.
For this role, you must have a technical background, problem solving and project management skills. Technical background should include general food science and ingredient know-how. This position requires an individual to manage assignments/tasks with a high degree of autonomy. Intellectual curiosity, ability to deal with ambiguity, and collaboration are a must.
What's on the menu?
Support and implement research across a variety of product applications, then summarize and translate results clearly for technical and non-technical teams
Adapt and apply scientific principles to new situations/products with some degree of autonomy
Proof of concept formulation and product development across multiple categories
Design, support, and complete benchtop and/or pilot plant trials,and communicate results clearly to technical and non-technical teams
Connecting and directing communication with suppliers to acquire necessary materials for research
Complete internal research projects with some degree of supervision, coaching, training, but will also demonstrate ability to work independently and take initiative to consult with other scientists.
Work with cross functional teams to support projects from concept to commercialization, including Marketing, Operations, Quality, External Manufacturers, and Procurement
Helping to maintain a clean and functional laboratory space
Sample preparation and sample analysis
Participating in and embracing all aspects of ingredient technology development including the fuzzy front end, conceptualization, design, development, and commercialization
Recipe for Success - apply now if this sounds like you!
B.S. degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, or related fields with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience that includes laboratory experience
Ingredient and food matrix/model system know-how
Familiarity and Understanding of Design of Experiments, laboratory experimentation, laboratory equipment, scale up, and mathematical/data analysis skills
Demonstrated record of conducting research development projects either individually or in collaboration with other teams
Possess the willingness and ability to learn new product categories and/or processing/packaging areas
Experience across multiple product categories is a plus
Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity
Demonstrated track record of creative out of the box problem solver
Experience interacting with suppliers
Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and project management skills
Ability to build strong relationships and network internally and externally
Desire to grow technical functional skills to evaluate new... For full info follow application link.
It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
