Your Opportunity as the Scientist, Coffee Research & Development - Liquid Coffee Venture

You will play a critical product development role on the Liquid Coffee Venture team bringing liquid coffee & dairy expertise across our portfolio of brands, including Folgers, Dunkin, and Cafe Bustelo. You will independently lead product creation through innovation or improvement projects, qualify product specifications & launch products to market. Expectations for this role will leverage creative thinking skills and executional technical skills to define product design, develop flavored coffee extracts, and incorporate dairy components across liquid coffee formats, while displaying a strong, collaborative, and adaptable mindset that is willing to sharpen agility in a fast-paced environment.

• Location: Orrville, OH Corporate Offices (working hybrid work flexibility following Presence with Purpose expectations estimated 60% onsite presence, based on business need)

In this role you will:

• Lead formulation development of new & existing formulas across our Liquid Coffee portfolio from benchtop to commercialization. Utilize conceptual and practical expertise in coffee formulation and basic knowledge of related disciplines for product development.
• Provide technical know-how & guidance to LCV on formulation & product management with incorporating dairy components.
• Independently develop work plans, publish technical documentation within established procedures, utilize lab notebook & inventory systems and act as an advisor to our operations & contract manufacturing teams.
• Collaborate and leverage relationships within R&D and cross functional teams to achieve project goals, foster a continuous improvement mindset, participate in ID&E initiatives.
• Receive qualification as a Technical Readiness Lead and Cupper within the Coffee Product Development team.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our , and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Science, Technology, or Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience across R&D, QA, TSO, or Engineering roles
• Minimum of 2 years working with dairy products within the beverage category
• Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills on complex ideas to a variety of stakeholders within and outside the Company
• Proven success leading projects from benchtop to scale up and commercialization
• Ability to work independently within guidelines and processes, seeking guidance in complex situations
• Strong critical thinking and scientific method skills
• Willingness to taste coffee & dairy beverages and complete an onsite coffee assessment
• Willingness and comfort with intermittent travel expectations up to 25%

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• JMP/statistical analysis software package experience
• New platform development
• Ability to work among the ambiguity of the fuzzy front end of Innovation
• Experience working with external business partners
• Experience with coffee formulations or process engineering
• Coffee cupping experience

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