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Requisition ID: 57820

Position Type: (US)Full Time

Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

What will you do?

+ Conduct research including new product research and the development of foods.

+ Develop new and improved methods and systems for food processing, production, quality control and packaging.

+ Work in pilot plant and support production scale ups and commercialization's.

+ Field customer requests both internal and external to satisfy project needs from a conceptual phase through commercialization and troubleshooting.

+ Participate in ideation/brainstorming

+ Develop gold standards while working with Culinary and subject matter experts (SMEs)

+ Match competitive products

+ Formulation Optimization

+ Concept to Commercialization

+ Execute internal processes

+ Ability to understand and troubleshoot customer processes

+ Be a strong part of customer facing team to deliver solutions that will Nourish and Delight our customers.

+ Coordinate customer calls with sales/culinary representatives through presentations both technical and culinary based.

+ Work with cross functional groups to optimize the strengths of Kerry and deliver the best Taste and Nutrition experience for our customers

+ Develop and protect Intellectual Property by documenting research notes.

+ Study methods to improve quality of foods such as flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, or physical, chemical, and microbiological composition of foods

+ Complete project requests within the time frame required by the customer.

+ Assist customers with technical issues that may arise.

+ Travel to Kerry production plants and to customers.

+ Must be able to taste and smell chemicals, flavors and food products.

+ Must be able to stand for long periods of time in a laboratory setting and lift 50 pounds.

What will you need to be successful?

+ BS/MS/PhD in Food Science/Engineering/related science or engineering field.

+ 3+ years of experience in Beverage Product Development.

+ Knowledgeable about food chemistry, sensory, microbiology, food packaging systems and food engineering.

+ Problem solving skills.

+ Ability to work with cross-functional teams at multi levels within the organization.

Compensation Data

The typical hiring range for this role is $75,602 to $111,475 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov) (http://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights.pdf) .