Senior Scientist 93190
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#93190 Topeka Kansas United States
Are you passionate about clinical nutrition
Hills Pet Nutrition invites applications for a Senior Scientist position based at our Topeka KS location.
Our Senior Scientist provides nutrition expertise for Hills initiatives in clinical nutrition and studies. Driven superiority in the area of nutrition is the core of our business strategy. Outstanding nutrition provides benefits for pets and drives product endorsement by the veterinarians. The expert in nutrition needs demonstrated excellence in knowledge of animal or human nutrition nutrient requirements and nutritional impacts on health status.
Does this sound exciting to you
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as Principal Investigator on pet nutrition and clinical studies. Simultaneously manage projects project budgets timelines and resources.
- Apply nutrition expertise and innovative mindset to help develop new nutrition claims with relevance to pets pet parents and veterinarians.
- Ensure that products align with our nutrition philosophy. Integrate scientific findings to meaningful product applications global nutrition standards claims and clinical study design.
- Develop and maintain relationships and effectively interface throughout the business with regular contact with Hills research and development scientists and cross functional partners (Regulatory Legal Professional Veterinary Affairs and Hills Marketing leaders) to provide nutrition input mentorship and assistance with claims development.
- Keep abreast of new nutrition and veterinary medicine findings in order to translate research to product claims. Nurture relationships with researchers and clinicians outside of Hills to provide expertise ideas capabilities and technologies that fill gaps.
- Search read and critically review published scientific literature in the development and preparation of substantiation/claims dossiers.
- Effectively communicate through presentations training material written technical documentation substantiation dossiers nutritional points of view and reports.
- Author scientific and clinical study reports invention records and manuscripts of scientific work for publication according to.
Education/ Experience Requirements
Basic qualifications:
- PhD in Animal Nutrition Nutrition Science or Human Nutritionwith 5 years of experience includingdissertation research andindustry in food feed or nutrition technical roles.
- Experience in designing executing and or supervising clinical feeding studies or nutrition experiments in veterinary or human pharmaceutical medical or nutritional fields.
- Experience in animal feed formulation pet food formulation or human food design and formulation.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and strong technical writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and team skills which foster working relationships throughout Hills and external organization
Preferred qualifications include:
- Demonstrated understanding of physiology biochemistry scientific information gathering synthesis and communication.
- Fundamental knowledge in veterinary science food processing food science regulatory claims or intellectual property (patents).
- Recognized as a specialist with strong business savvy.
Expected Areas of Skills
- Able to work independently with minimal direction and manage projects
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details
- Good interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
- Experience in applying basic statistical analysis to research studies
- Good time leadership skills
- Work within a project team environment
- Computer proficiency
- Negotiation skills
We are a results oriented company with a caring culture and work life balance. Apply with us! Come and join our outstanding team!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin ethnicity age disability marital status veteran status (United States positions) or any other characteristic protected by law
Are you interested in working for Hills Pet Nutrition You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by email are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.
Work that matters fueled by passion for pets! At Hills we have a purpose. Every day around the world we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation amazing nutrition and the best and brightest people. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition Hills mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets.
HILLS Prescription Diet therapeutic pet foods HILLS Science Diet and HILLS Ideal Balance wellness pet foods are sold worldwide. Hills is a division of ColgatePalmolive a leading global consumer products company tightly focused on Oral Care Personal Care Home Care and Pet Nutrition with sales of products in more than 200 countries. To learn more about Hills and Colgate please visit and or find us on LinkedIn Facebook Twitter and YouTube.
Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact with the subject Accommodation Request should you require accommodation.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Temp
