Director, Dairy Process Technology & Scale-Up

Agropur, inc.; Le Sueur (MN); Presencial; USD 154.000 - 231.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short &

Long-term Disability Insurance

401(k) with 7% company contributions

3 weeks Paid Time Off

Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

Paid parental leave

Advancement Opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Agropur, inc. in Le Sueur, Minnesota, is seeking a Director of Process Technology to define and advance the technology strategy for our dairy ingredient portfolio and manufacturing network.

You will lead a geographically distributed team of Process Technology, Applied R&D and Whey Technology professionals to convert portfolio priorities and customer needs into scalable processes and enhanced manufacturing value.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in food science, dairy science, chemical engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in process technology, manufacturing, or applied R&D in dairy ingredients.
• Deep knowledge of dairy ingredient manufacturing and process design.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites.
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills.
• Willingness to travel approximately 30%.
• Ability to translate technical issues into business recommendations.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the process technology roadmap supporting Agropur's ingredient portfolio and long-term business priorities.
• Advise senior leaders on technical feasibility, value potential, capital requirements, resource needs and execution risk.
• Lead the evaluation, development, scale-up, commercialization and transfer of new dairy ingredient products, processes and technologies.
• Serve as a senior technical authority in dairy ingredient processing, including membrane separation, ion exchange, protein fractionation, evaporation, drying, crystallization, lactose processing and related unit operations.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering and Quality to improve process control, product quality, yield, throughput, reliability, sustainability and manufacturing economics.
• Lead the resolution of complex manufacturing and product-quality challenges across multiple facilities.
• Establish standards and governance for process development, scale-up, technology transfer, documentation and process optimization.
• Build strategic partnerships with customers, universities, suppliers, technology providers and industry organizations.
• Lead and develop a geographically distributed technical team while strengthening organizational capability, succession depth and critical dairy-processing expertise.

Conocimientos

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Dairy Science/Chemical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Descripción del empleo

Agropur, inc. in Le Sueur, Minnesota, is seeking a Director of Process Technology to define and advance the technology strategy for our dairy ingredient portfolio and manufacturing network.

You will lead a geographically distributed team of Process Technology, Applied R&D and Whey Technology professionals to convert portfolio priorities and customer needs into scalable processes and enhanced manufacturing value.