Food Product Commercialization Lead

Golden West Food Group; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

401k

Job summary

Golden West Food Group in Irving, TX seeks a Commercialization Manager to bridge culinary creativity and large-scale manufacturing. You will partner with our chef and culinary team to refine benchtop recipes and lead end-to-end scale-up of new CPG products to market.

The role requires coordinating with R&D, Operations, QA, and packaging teams, maintaining scale-up documentation, and ensuring compliance with HACCP and GMP while delivering on-time launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/related field; advanced degree a plus.
• 6–10 years in food product commercialization, R&D, or process engineering in the CPG industry.
• Hands-on manufacturing plant experience with co-manufacturers.
• Proven ability to scale benchtop or pilot recipes to full production.
• Strong knowledge of food science, ingredients, and processing technologies.
• Experience translating culinary concepts for production teams.
• Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with chefs to refine benchtop recipes for commercial viability.
• Translate culinary intent into scalable, validated formulations.
• Lead plant trials and scale-up documentation (SOPs, specs).
• Coordinate with Operations, QA, and co-manufacturers to hit targets.
• Ensure HACCP/GMP compliance throughout development.

Skills

Manufacturing plant experience

Scale-up from benchtop

Food science principles

Kitchen vs plant environment

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/related field

Job description

Golden West Food Group in Irving, TX seeks a Commercialization Manager to bridge culinary creativity and large-scale manufacturing. You will partner with our chef and culinary team to refine benchtop recipes and lead end-to-end scale-up of new CPG products to market.

The role requires coordinating with R&D, Operations, QA, and packaging teams, maintaining scale-up documentation, and ensuring compliance with HACCP and GMP while delivering on-time launches.