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Principal Sci – R&D – Product Dev
| Company | Kraft Heinz |
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| Location | Morton Grove, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $102100 – $127600 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s is a Plus) – Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences or related fields
- Minimum 5+ years Product Development Experience within a CPG or equivalent (ideally meat product development experience)
- Strong understanding of key subject matter in areas such as ingredients, processing equipment, ingredient interactions, and food product laboratory test methods
- Executional excellence, personal leadership and customer focus a must
- Self-motivated problem solver and the drive to deliver objectives in a complex environment
- Excellent communication, influencing, project management and problem solving skills
- Ability to lead, coach and motivate others
- Strong understanding of Design of Experiments
- Willingness to travel 30%.
Responsibilities
- Work with cross functional teams acting as the lead product developer to drive execution across multiple projects
- Demonstrates the willingness/ability to learn new product categories and/or processing areas
- Translate research findings and communicate to cross-functional teams
- Manage and execute product testing and qualification while working closely with cross-functional team members in laboratory and production environments
- Manage multiple projects concurrently and possess the ability to call out priority conflicts between a variety of business initiatives
- Mentor, coach and collaborate with other colleagues within and outside of your immediate team.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
