Food Technologist Sr

Mccormick; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Diversity and life-stage flexibility

Community and planet focus

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

McCormick in Mexico City Cuautitlan is recruiting a Sr Food Technologist to lead snack seasoning development. The role focuses on new flavor creation, formula scaling, and cross‑functional collaboration with global teams.

The position requires a degree in Food Chemistry/Science/Engineering, 5+ years in product development, and strong English plus SAP expertise. Full‑time role with competitive benefits at a global industry leader.

Qualifications

• Advanced English required and will be evaluated during the process.
• 5+ years of experience in product development; snack seasoning experience desirable.
• Knowledge of food industry quality and regulatory practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage snack seasonings, including new creations and modifications.
• Lead internal and customer projects from concept to scale-up with supervision.
• Collaborate with Applications, Analytical, Purchasing, Quality, Regulatory, Planning and Marketing teams to ensure benchmarks.

Skills

Advanced English

Education

B.S. and/or Master’s in Food Chemistry/Science/Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Food Technologist Sr

Mccormick

Tiempo completo

Mexico City Cuautitlan

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments - and we're only getting started. At McCormick, we're always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place towork.

We are looking to hire a Product Developer for our site in Mexico City Cuautitlan.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits, you'd expect from a global leader (health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

Job Description

project management and innovation skills. Active customer engagement at a local, regional and global level, championing / contributing to internal and global McCormick projects. Develop and manage customer relationships at all levels. Use the company’s technologies and resources globally available to ensure successful project execution.

Contribute to the sales of new products through seasoning and flavor systems development for snacks and other categories (bakery, instant oats/soups, etc.). Responsible for leading internal and customer productivity initiatives related to product design or R&D. Works under supervision of an Innovation Manager.

Responsibilities

• Expertly develops snack seasonings, including duplications, new creations, and modifications across a broad range of flavor profiles to meet customer and internal project requests following global customer guidelines. Creates new and innovative flavor profiles. Recognizes problems, gathers, and interprets significant data to find creative solutions to complex issues. Recognized as a technical leader in his/her area of expertise. Manages scalation of formulas from bench to successful plant production. In depth understanding of processes and operations to ensure successful product scale-up and troubleshooting problems.
• Coordinates, identifies and develop productivity opportunities related to product design or R&D responsibilities
• Provide technical direction and supervise lower-level professional people. Evaluates and prioritizes the work based on urgency and impact.

• Supports Sales & Marketing objectives and directly interacts/visits with target/key customers in support of existing and new business growth opportunities.

• Provide expertise on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and/or with vendors. Collaborates with Applications, Analytical, Purchasing, Quality, Regulatory, Planning, Production, Sensory, Marketing, Sales, and other department teams to ensure creations meet benchmarks set by customer and are reproducible in the plant.

• Identifies, investigates, and assesses new ingredients, technologies, materials, and methods that will provide innovative solutions to customer and industry challenges. Work has significant impact on McCormick seasoning technology or capabilities. Transfers knowledge to McCormick

Requirements

• Bs and or Master's degree in Food Chemistry, Food Science, Food Engineer, and/or related área
• Advanced English. (Will be evaluated during the process)
• 5 + of experience in product development. Snack Seasoning creation desirable. Ingredient, processes knowledge.
• Food Industry knowledge, including Quality and Regulatory.
• Knowledge in SAP

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

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.