Food Scientist, Protein
Job Location:
Wichita, KS - USA
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Job Summary
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with producers and customers to source make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with lifes essentials we enable businesses to grow communities to prosper and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers food service customers and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry beef egg alternative protein salt oils starches sweeteners cocoa and chocolate.
The Food Scientist Protein supports the development improvement and commercialization of Ground Beef and Case Ready products within Cargills Beef business. This role applies food science and processing expertise to deliver products that meet customer needs manufacturing requirements and quality and regulatory with crossfunctional partners the Food Scientist helps bring new products to market improve existing products and support manufacturing executioncontributing to product performance operational efficiency and business growth.
- Support new product development and product improvements for Ground Beef and Case Ready products owning projects or defined workstreams from concept through commercialization.
- Develop and evaluate formulations processes and product specifications to meet customer quality regulatory and operational requirements.
- Plan and execute product testing and trials; analyze results and make clear technical recommendations.
- Partner with Sales Business Management Marketing Operations Food Safety & Quality and Regulatory teams to translate business and customer needs into technical solutions.
- Support plant trials scaleup and implementation by troubleshooting issues and applying process improvements.
- Communicate project status risks and technical options effectively to crossfunctional partners and leadership.
- Stay current on relevant food science processing and ingredient knowledge and apply learning to business needs.
- Seek feedback and guidance to strengthen technical skills project execution and crossfunctional collaboration.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Experience working in a manufacturing or lab environment
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- Ability to travel up to 30%
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree or other post-secondary degree
- Strategic thinker with ability to build effective plans to support strategic initiatives
- Tech-savvy and comfortable with evolving business-critical technology
- Experience working successfully in a matrixed organization
- Experience progressing projects through a phased innovation approach
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
