R&D Project Manager

cereliabakerycanada

Mississauga

On-site

CAD 95,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Three weeks vacation

4 floater days per year

RRSP match

Friendly work environment

Job summary

Cerelia Bakery Canada in Mississauga is seeking an experienced R&D Product Manager to translate ingredients, science, and market insights into new bakery products from lab concepts through pilot production to full commercialization.

You will lead cross-functional teams with sales, project management, QA and production, manage shelf life and sensory testing, develop production specs and final recipes, and build ingredient sourcing and vendor relationships.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field.
Minimum 6–8 years of experience in a similar R&D role.
Experience in New Product Development and commercial food processing, project management, technical report writing, and ingredient sourcing.

Responsibilities

Organize and manage new product ideas from lab prototypes to plant trials and full commercialization; develop processing and technical requirements for scale-up.
Assist in development of new cookie products from concept to launch and post-launch review in collaboration with sales, project management, QA and production.
Manage product development relationships with internal and external customers; act as innovator and project leader.
Conduct shelf life, sensory, product performance, and quality attribute testing as part of development.
Generate new product technical information including production specifications.
Develop cooking instructions for the products; support regulatory with nutrition facts, allergen labeling.

Skills

Food science

New product development

Project management

Technical report writing

Ingredient sourcing

Lab equipment operation

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or related field

Tools

Genesis

Excel

Word

Job description

Are you a “foodie” and love cookies, muffins and pancakes? Are you are looking for a company where we place high value on teamwork, collaboration, innovation? Are you looking to gain experience and grow your career with a successful international company?

If you are looking to do the best work of your career, be a part of an extraordinary company and have a passion for what we do, we want to hear from you!

Cerelia Bakery Canada (Formerly English Bay Batter) is currently looking to add some awesome new team members to our facility in Mississauga, ON.

About Cerelia Bakery Canada:

We develop and produce exceptionally high-quality products including: Fresh & frozen cookie dough and muffin batter in pre-portion sizes and scoop and bake pails for the foodservice industry as well as in-store bakeries of North American grocery, mass and club stores.

Our baked gourmet cookies and muffins are produced for distribution through multiple channels, including quick service restaurants. Refrigerated products including cookie, pastry and biscuit dough sold to North American Grocery Stores in a variety of formats including canister, chub, break-and-bake and place-and-bake.

Our Research and Development is on-going, aimed at introducing new and exciting products to complement our delectable bakery lines. We are an aggressive, flexible company dedicated to providing quality products that satisfy customer needs and marketplace demands.

Most importantly, we areGROWING. As we grow, our team members grow with us!

THE ROLE:

As a member of the R&D team, The R&D Product Manager works in our Innovation Centre, utilizing knowledge of food ingredients, food science, and consumer marketing insights to identify and develop new bakery products and formulas to meet customer and business unit product strategies. This role scales up lab prototypes, through pilot plant production, and full commercialization. Further, the person conducts shelf life, sensory, product performance, and quality attribute testing of products as part of the development process, culminating in all new product technical information including production specifications, final recipes for P&L and trial records.

Essential Job Duties:

Organize and manage new products ideas and concepts from lab prototype samples to plant trials and full commercialization. Develop the processing and technical requirements needed for scale up. Coordinate first production run product evaluations and approvals.
Assist in the development of new cookie products from concept approval, formulation, product development, plant trial runs to launch and post-launch review by collaborating with sales, project management, QA and production
Manage product development technical relationship with internal and external customers. Assume the role of an innovator and project leader demonstrating initiative, creativity, and thoroughness in the execution of complex projects.
Conduct shelf life, sensory, product performance, and quality attribute testing of products as part of the development process.
Generate new product technical information including production specifications.
Develop the cooking instructions for the products
Assist Regulatory with development of nutrition facts, allergen labeling and ingredient declaration.
Provide ongoing technical support to Sales for new product introductions. Prepare product sales samples.
Work in conjunction with the R&D and Marketing groups to develop innovative concepts and recipes.
Continuous improvement: Improve current products regarding both cost and quality.
Source new ingredients during the product development process and build vendor relationships, participate to the innovation day with suppliers.
Monitor current market trends via trade journals and competitor market trips to predict future focus, and submit creative ideas
Animate the benchmark session with the sales team to ensure an updated products market follow up.
Maintain a clean and organized R&D Innovation center/Kitchen, ensure the traceability of the ingredients used in the lab.
Ensure Genesis update
Ensure the products presentations to the customers, and participate to the exhibitions, and ensure the staging of the products, bring a culinary expertise

What you bring to the table:

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or related scientific field
Minimum of 6 -8 years of experience required in a similar R&D role addition
Practice in New Product Development, commercial food processing, project management, technical report writing, and ingredient sourcing.
Creative, attention to details, problem solver.
Ability to utilize Word, Excel and Genesis.
Hands on lab experience developing food products. Ability to operate typical laboratory food processing equipment and instruments used in product development, with high level of quality, accuracy and quantity of analysis work.
Team attitude and cooperation.
Experience working with cross functional business teams to develop and commercialize new food/beverage products.

Core Competencies:

Service Oriented: Becomes knowledgeable of our business and understands the relationships between our customers, suppliers and Cerelia. Places priority on expediently resolving customer issues - identifies and resolves processes that are not effective, creating delays or not being responsive.
Initiative: Initiates courses of action that will lead to improved performance/effectiveness of the Business Unit Team. Sees a need and takes action to address; questions the way things are done and initiates changes where necessary; sticks with an issue until it is resolved
Information Seeking: Investigates and researches information, digs to resolve discrepancies; obtains information or opinions internally and externally to gain insight or expertise – makes well informed decisions.
Listening, Understanding & Responding: Demonstrates the ability to interact effectively with staff, other team members, customers and external contacts. Defers judgment on what someone is saying until they have they have thoroughly investigated; creates opportunities for meaningful discussion; builds rapport, trust and strong working relationships up, down and across org.
Flexibility: Demonstrates the ability to adapt and work within a variety of situations, and with various groups and individuals; adapting one’s approach as the requirements of a situation.
Self-confidence: Willing to take on a new challenge or assignment displaying confidence and enthusiasm; emphasizes the positive and upside aspects of difficult situations – every situation provides an opportunity for learning.
Results Orientation: Strives to beat or meet project deadlines; sets own high standards for quality of work; seeks ways to use time and resources more cost effectively; highly organized with the ability to set priorities and multi-task.
Team Work: Works cooperatively with others promoting team participation as a means to generate more ideas, greater consensus & engagement and a higher level of commitment to delivering results.