Director, Dairy Process Technology & Innovation

Agropur; Le Sueur (MN); Sur place; USD 154 000 - 231 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with 7% company contributions

Paid holidays

Floating holidays

Parental leave

Résumé du poste

Agropur is seeking a Director of Process Technology at its Le Sueur, Minnesota location. You will define and advance the technology strategy for the dairy ingredient portfolio and manufacturing network, leading a distributed team of Process Technology and R&D professionals.

You will collaborate with Commercial Strategy, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales and Finance to translate priorities into scalable processes and value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in process technology, manufacturing, or R&D in dairy ingredients or related environments.
• Deep knowledge of dairy ingredient manufacturing, process design, scale-up, technology transfer and optimization.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical programs across multiple sites.

Responsabilités

• Define and execute the process technology roadmap for the ingredient portfolio.
• Advise senior leaders on technical feasibility, capital needs, and risk.
• Lead evaluation, development, scale-up, commercialization and transfer of new dairy ingredients and processes.
• Serve as a senior technical authority in dairy processing, including unit operations.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering and Quality to improve process control and manufacturing economics.
• Lead resolution of complex manufacturing and product-quality challenges across facilities.
• Establish governance for development, scale-up, documentation and process optimization.
• Build strategic partnerships with customers, universities, suppliers and industry groups.
• Lead and develop a geographically distributed technical team.

Connaissances

Process technology experience

Dairy ingredient processing

Scale-up

Technology transfer

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Formation

Bachelor's degree in food science

Master's degree preferred

Description du poste

Agropur is seeking a Director of Process Technology at its Le Sueur, Minnesota location. You will define and advance the technology strategy for the dairy ingredient portfolio and manufacturing network, leading a distributed team of Process Technology and R&D professionals.

You will collaborate with Commercial Strategy, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales and Finance to translate priorities into scalable processes and value.