The Hastings Group

Research Scientist - Innovation

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• Job ID:N591
• Date:02/02/2010
• Location:Green Bay
• State:Wisconsin
• Degree:M.S.
• Major:Food or Dairy Science
• Salary:Not Specified   Why?
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Job Types:

Applied Research, Food Technol/Scientists, Formulator

Requirements: Master's degree in Dairy Science or related field. plus a minimum of 5 years experience in Research Science. Experience with cheese, dairy products, and dairy ingredients are preferred. Individual must have a desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities. Responsibilities: In this role you will develop new and innovative products and manufacturing processes and develop new or more cost effective ingredients and associated production methods. Identify and implement testing methodologies that improve our product analysis capabilities. Work as part of our Innovation team to renew and implement the general concept of Innovation as a cross-functional responsibility. Duties of this role include: • Define work plans, conduct experiments, and write reports, with basic understanding of department SOPs, apply basic quality tools and explore new project work with passion. • Exercise good understanding of product categories, including regulatory standards, labeling practices, and patent law. Develop high level of expertise in several product categories. • Apply scientific principles and understandings to evaluate ideas and opportunities. Develop and expand global network of contacts within food & dairy industries as well as academia. • Participate in brainstorming and innovation ideation sessions to inspire, collect, and prioritize ideas for innovation portfolio. Investigate potential opportunities and identify new resources required to innovate. • Conduct primary research on dairy products (milk, cheese, process cheese, yogurt, & cream cheese). Understand dairy components and identify opportunities to improve our utilization of those components for use as ingredients or products. • Identify, explore, and potentially implement new ingredients, products, manufacturing technologies to improve efficiency, sales, and profitability. Work in laboratory, pilot plant, or at production locations. Develop products, processes, and technology that are robust and use sound experimental design to validate. Maintain strong application of scientific method. Achieve technical breakthroughs.