Bakery Applications Food Scientist (Remote/Hybrid)

Wellington Executive Search

Geneva (IL)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Job summary

Wellington Executive Search is seeking an Applications Scientist to serve as a key technical resource, partnering with commercial teams, customers, and industry stakeholders to demonstrate the value of our ingredients across food, nutraceutical, and personal care applications.

You will design, execute, and interpret experiments, develop formulations addressing customer needs, and translate scientific findings into actionable solutions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in science required; master's preferred.
  • 3+ years in customer-facing technical roles
  • Strong knowledge of food chemistry and formulation science
  • Experience with laboratory instrumentation and data collection

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical expertise and application support through meetings, presentations, and troubleshooting.
  • Collaborate with sales, customers, and partners to develop application solutions.
  • Support trade shows, seminars, visits, and product demonstrations to promote ingredients.
  • Develop and optimize formulations to address customer needs and drive commercialization.
  • Design testing protocols and analyze results to validate product concepts.
  • Generate technical literature and customer-facing materials translating findings.

Skills

Customer communication
Presentation skills
Cross-functional teamwork
Formulation science
Laboratory techniques
Data analysis
ERP/LIMS software
Multitasking
Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in science
MS degree desired

Tools

LIMS
ERP systems
Microsoft Office

Job description

Wellington Executive Search is seeking an Applications Scientist to serve as a key technical resource, partnering with commercial teams, customers, and industry stakeholders to demonstrate the value of our ingredients across food, nutraceutical, and personal care applications.

You will design, execute, and interpret experiments, develop formulations addressing customer needs, and translate scientific findings into actionable solutions.

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