Food Scientist

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About Us :

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of Americas Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You G ain :

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period youre eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform DevelopU with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

Join our team as a Food Scientist supporting our Coffee segment at TreeHouse Foods. Based out of our Northlake, TX Coffee Center of Excellence, this role will lead the design, planning, validation, and implementation of new products, line extensions, product improvements, and technical services. With limited supervision, you will drive both internal and co-manufacturing projects, ensuring alignment with product offering requirements and supporting the growth of our coffee portfolio.

Youll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Works collaboratively in the execution of development from bench to production scale for new products, product improvements and cost savings projects.
• Works collaboratively with commercialization to manage project timelines and develop project success criteria.
• Defines the formulation, nutritional and process parameters needed to develop a product which meets the project objective(s); understands the impact of these parameters to overall project.
• Defines raw material and corresponding process, ingredient and supplier qualification processes, and finished product specifications and set-ups through corresponding systems.
• Applies sound scientific methods in all stages of development. Including planning and executing trials, analyzing data and defining solutions to achieve project goals.
• Create new prototypes for product development initiatives and identify, evaluate and approve potential ingredients and manufacturing suppliers.
• Identifies opportunities for competitive market advantage and new trends in category.
• Provide judgement and experience to ensure that an appropriate level of technical knowledge and discipline are being applied and utilized in business decisions.
• Partner and communicate effectively with cross-functional groups: Business Unit, Co-Manufacturing, Sales, QA, Procurement, Finance, Operations and Engineering.
• Ensure the transfer of technology to the operations team when commercializing products. Provide technical oversight of internal and external manufacturing start-ups and ongoing technical service.
• Contribute significantly and continually to attain results through the generation and application of advanced, specialized knowledge.
• Generate and support pipeline work to drive cost optimization through formulation and processing efficiencies.
• Participate in customer presentations and/or preparing product content for customer meetings.
• Ensure all activities follow established safety standards, regulatory requirements (FDA, UDSA & Kosher) and Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP).

Important Details:

• This is a full-time, on-site role on first shift.

Youll fit right in if you have:

• 2+ years of experience in Food Science Product Development or related field.
• Knowledge of ingredient interactions/functionality; preference in coffee, tea or beverage development.
• Preferred knowledge of thermal processing and sensory science.
• Communicate effectively and openly while working in a cross-functional team.
• Must be able to conduct customer interactions, coordinate meetings and have strong communications skills.
• Must be a self-starter, independent, energetic and resourceful.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Solid Project Management and commercialization skills and experience.
• Aptitude for technical leadership and project management.

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At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us Engage and Delight One Customer at a Time. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com

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