Senior Principal Scientist (Savory) (110406)
Senior Principal Scientist (Savory) (110406)
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$ 140610 - 253080
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Job Description
You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.
McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.
We are looking to hire a Senior Principal Scientist (Savory)immediately at our Technical Innovation Center in Hunt Valley Maryland.
What We Bring To The Table:
The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits youd expect from a global leader (401k health insurance paid time off etc.) we also offer:
Competitive compensation
Career growth opportunities
Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
Wellbeing programs including Physical Mental and Financial wellness
Tuition assistance
Position Summary
McCormick and Co. is looking for a Senior Principal Scientist - Savory. This role will lead a team of Flavorists and Scientists to support the growth of the Savory Segment of the McCormick Food Business Unit focusing on brief execution and customer relationships team development and innovation. Additionally this role will work with cross-functional partners to ensure appropriate scale-up of flavors and consult on pricing. This role will report to a Director II Product Development and sit at our TIC location in Maryland.
Key Responsibilities
Lead development of the Savory flavors team ensuring resources for project brief execution.
Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to determine Savory Strategy
Present Savory capabilities to customers and act as liaison with key strategic customers
Responsible for setting goals and developing of team members
Support flavor development for internal consumer and Seasoning BUs
Develop innovative savory tools to solve current and future challenges in the Savory Food category
Qualifications
- Minimum BS in Food Science/Technology Food Engineering Chemistry or a related field with MS preferred.
- Minimum of 20 years experience in the field is required.
- Recognized as a global technical leader in Savory product systems.
- Successfully leads and/or represents the organization on important project teams major committees task forces or other leading roles
- Manages conflicts relating to technical issues and diverse viewpoints to add value
- Leads evolutionary technology development
- Demonstrates the ability to identify & analyze a poorly defined technology area from both a technical and business perspective and make recommendations to the corporation
- Proactively identifies new areas of potential interest develops idea to feasibility develops proposals & presents to the business for decision
- Demonstrates a significant record of creating knowledge that results in cost savings capital savings or improved profitability
- Identifies potential new applications
- Networks with colleagues in other functions to develop multidisciplinary idea development
- Communicates at high level of the organization to transfer results and the significance of results to customers
- Champions & contributes to continuous improvement of major projects and programs
- An in-depth understanding of ingredients and technology along with their impact on product taste and functionality
- Knowledge of the food industry and key competitors food ingredients manufacturing processes quality assurance programs and food regulations
- Proficient in product development and commercialization across a wide variety of finished product application categories including industry-relevant experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively through both written and oral communications with customers and interdepartmental/cross-functional groups and business leaders as appropriate
- Must be able to travel up to 25%
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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
Base Salary:$80
Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location skills education experience for this role and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan/ McCormicks Sales Incentive Bonus (SIB) Plan/ McCormicks Dividend Program. In addition to a competitive compensation package permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical vision dental life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave fertility benefits Employee Assistance Program and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
