Beverage Innovation Lead — Customer-Facing & R&D

Vibrant Ingredients; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibrant Ingredients, a leader in natural ingredients, seeks a Beverage Developer in Cranbury, NJ to support the growth of our beverage portfolio and collaborate with customers, sales, flavor creation and applications teams to develop winning beverage solutions using Vibrant’s extensive portfolio of natural ingredients.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong beverage expert with robust project management skills and a passion for working with customers to bring innovative beverage concepts to

Qualifications

• Science degree (preferably in Food Science/Food Engineering) from a reputable school.
• Proven track record of success in beverage development in the Food Service or beverage industry.
• Full working knowledge of Beverage development.
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and delivery technologies.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Good computer software skills including MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.), Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Develop beverage solutions for customers including coffee, tea, protein, energy, alcohol, refresher type products that are cost effective, stable, utilizing the breadth of the Vibrant Ingredient portfolio (Functional ingredients, coffee & tea extracts, flavors). Completes stability testing, documentation, costing and supports commercialization.
• Ability to manage and drive projects to a successful outcome
• Capable of multitasking and prioritizing projects.
• Ability to develop Technical to Technical relationships with customers
• Will be expected to support customer visits with sales.
• Participates in Life Cycle Management of products focusing on reducing costs and maximizing margin. Completing all necessary stability testing.
• Participates in supporting Innovation presentations, Ideation, Rapid Prototyping.
• Supports production runs of new products for select customers.
• Capable of developing a wide range of beverage applications with experience in product processing (Pasteurization, Homogenization, hot-fill, indirect and direct steam processing, carbonation, canning)
• Follows basic GLP, ISO procedures, safety, lab notebooks and/or other electronic record keeping
• May supervise Technicians

Skills

Beverage development

Project management

Customer collaboration

Communication skills

Travel to 25%

Process knowledge

Education

Science degree in Food Science / Food Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Salesforce

Job description

Vibrant Ingredients, a leader in natural ingredients, seeks a Beverage Developer in Cranbury, NJ to support the growth of our beverage portfolio and collaborate with customers, sales, flavor creation and applications teams to develop winning beverage solutions using Vibrant’s extensive portfolio of natural ingredients.

The ideal candidate is a technically strong beverage expert with robust project management skills and a passion for working with customers to bring innovative beverage concepts to