Director, Dairy Process Technology & Scale-Up

Agropur Cooperative; United States; On-site; USD 154,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) 7% Match

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Floating Holidays

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 and manufacturing network. Based in Le Sueur, Minnesota, you will lead a distributed team spanning Process Technology, Applied R&D and Whey Technology, translating priorities into scalable processes and value across facilities.

You will guide technical feasibility, capital needs and risk, while driving technology transfer and process optimization to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years in process technology, manufacturing, or applied R&D within dairy ingredients or related field.
• Deep knowledge of dairy ingredient manufacturing and process optimization.
• Experience with membrane separation, ion exchange, protein fractionation, evaporation, drying, crystallization, lactose processing.
• Proven success leading complex products from evaluation to scale-up.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams across sites.
• Ability to evaluate opportunities from technical, operational, financial, quality, sustainability and strategic perspectives.
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills.
• Experience developing specialized technical talent and distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and advance the technology strategy for Agropur’s dairy ingredient portfolio and manufacturing network.
• Lead a geographically distributed team of Process Technology, Applied R&D and Whey Technology professionals.
• Convert portfolio priorities and customer needs into scalable processes and enhanced manufacturing economics.
• Lead development, scale-up, commercialization and transfer of new dairy ingredients and technologies.
• Serve as senior technical authority in dairy processing and related unit operations.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering and Quality to improve process control, yield and reliability.
• Establish standards for process development, scale-up, and transfer of documentation.
• Build partnerships with customers, universities, suppliers and industry bodies.
• Develop and mentor a distributed technical team to strengthen capability and succession.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in food science / dairy science / chemical engineering

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 and manufacturing network. Based in Le Sueur, Minnesota, you will lead a distributed team spanning Process Technology, Applied R&D and Whey Technology, translating priorities into scalable processes and value across facilities.

You will guide technical feasibility, capital needs and risk, while driving technology transfer and process optimization to