Senior Food Scientist, Global Beverage Product Development

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, youve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pets food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether youre just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location: Bridgewater, NJ

Workplace type: On-Site/Hybrid (4 days/week on-site & 1 day/week remote)

As a Senior Food Scientist, you will be the global technical expert for the Beverage Category, driving innovation through formulation, processing, and application expertise. You will collaborate with technical teams, business units, and global customers to develop novel formulations and ingredient solutions. Additionally, you will partner with regional teams and Go-To-Market teams to align customer and consumer needs with breakthrough technology, while working with the group leader to define the strategy and technical roadmap for the Beverage Category.

What you will do:

• Understand category consumer trends, customer issues and unmet needs through collaboration with Global Key Accounts, regional category teams and Strategic Marketing and Insights teams. Develop innovative formulation concepts and solutions and commercialize new ingredients and technologies to meet business needs by leveraging ingredients, processes, market reports, and consumer insights on a global scale.
• Lead global beverage initiatives by planning, designing, and conducting experiments and trials in the laboratory and pilot plant. Perform thorough data analysis to develop clear conclusions and actionable recommendations that support business decisions and drive innovation.
• Translate voice of customer and key customer value propositions from regional category teams into technical solutions to enable customer breakthroughs.
• Along with group leader develop and update the global strategy, prioritizing growth projects and seizing new business opportunities for Beverage category.
• Assemble internal expertise and resources for projects, ensuring alignment and timely completion.
• Provide project updates through reports and presentations to team and stakeholders as required.
• Support Ingredions IP strategy by staying informed on technology trends, conduct prior art searches, and pursuing IP opportunities.
• Engage with the industry through professional networks and organizations and presenting at key international conferences, training events, and customer meetings

What you will bring:

• Degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, or related fields with 8 to 10+ years experience in Food and Beverage R&D, Product Design, and Process Design and Improvement.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in formulation, process techniques, and scale-up within a manufacturing environment for the beverage category, especially in Carbonated Soft Drink, Energy Drink and Sport Drink.
• Deep understanding of ingredient functionality and interactions, including sweeteners, texturizers, stabilizers, flavors and functional nutritional ingredients.
• Exceptional technical skills with the ability to serve as the recognized global Beverage category Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the Innovation community.
• Ability to lead large-scale global projects, innovates solutions, and optimizes processes across diverse manufacturing environments.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% for customer visits and conferences.

Who you are:

• Versatile and adaptable, skilled at managing and leading multiple projects simultaneously.
• Customer-centric, capable of inspiring and driving change through curiosity and creativity.
• Analytically strong with excellent problem-solving skills
• A critical thinker with outstanding business insights
• An effective relationship builder, adept at collaborating with diverse stakeholders across various functions and organization levels.

Why Join Ingredion?

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
• Career Growth Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disabilitymental or physicalmarital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (protected classifications). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Relocation Available:

Pay Range:

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.