Director, Dairy Process Technology & Innovation

Agropur Cooperative; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k 7% match

3 weeks PTO

Holidays + 2 floating days

Parental leave

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Agropur Cooperative seeks a Director of Process Technology to define and advance the technology strategy for its dairy ingredient portfolio. Based at the Le Sueur, Minnesota research center, you will lead a distributed team of process technologists, R&D and whey specialists across multiple facilities.

You will partner with Commercial Strategy, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales and Finance to translate priorities into scalable processes, improved yields, and sustainable enterprise value.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in process technology, manufacturing or applied R&D in dairy ingredients/s whey or proteins.
• Deep knowledge of dairy ingredient manufacturing, scale-up, tech transfer and optimization.
• Strong leadership of multidisciplinary teams across sites and functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the process technology roadmap for Agropur’s ingredient portfolio.
• Lead technology evaluation, scale-up, commercialization and transfer.
• Advise executives on feasibility, capital needs, and risk for tech initiatives.
• Drive process improvements, quality, yield, and cost efficiency across facilities.

Skills

Process leadership

Dairy processing

Scale-up

Tech transfer

Membrane separation

Ion exchange

Education

Bachelor’s degree in dairy/food science or related

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Agropur Cooperative seeks a Director of Process Technology to define and advance the technology strategy for its dairy ingredient portfolio. Based at the Le Sueur, Minnesota research center, you will lead a distributed team of process technologists, R&D and whey specialists across multiple facilities.

You will partner with Commercial Strategy, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales and Finance to translate priorities into scalable processes, improved yields, and sustainable enterprise value.