Lead Product Formulation Scientist - Pet Nutrition

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in Franklin, TN, seeks an experienced product development professional to lead the development, renovation, and deployment of innovations within our Wet pet nutrition portfolio for the North American market. You will work cross-functionally to provide formulation and technical support from bench to full-scale production, interfacing with global teams as needed.

Responsibilities include translating consumer insights into design, delivering recipe and raw

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Food Science, Technology, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Graduate degree in Food Science, Technology, Engineering, or Business Administration would be a plus.
• 4 + years of experience in Product Development and/or Formulation within a CPG company.
• Pet food experience is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of product development from bench top to full scale production.
• Prior experience must include design of experiments and functionality of raw materials. Statistical analysis knowledge is a plus.
• Demonstrated excellence in project management and capability to lead cross functional projects. Stage gate process experience is a plus.
• Strong ability to work cross functionally with people in other disciplines and/or business areas.

Responsibilities

• Support Innovation & Renovation projects by providing recipes and formulation support enabling the delivery of product performance targets and attributes.
• Lead R&D in the translation of consumer insights into product design.
• Support the development and implementation of recipes and raw materials in the factory consistent with business processes and company standards.
• Formulate for innovation/renovation projects, meeting internal (MPENS) & external (AAFCO) nutritional guidelines, and ensuring product safety criteria with site deployment.
• Formulate products meeting specified design attributes and quality targets at launch.
• Design product briefs in close collaboration with R&D and cross-functional partners (Process, Packaging, CTI, Marketing, Sales, Supply, etc.)
• Define technical learning plans in collaboration with R&D partners (Process, Packaging, CTI, SRA, Q&FS, etc.) that then feed the design of project timelines owned by Project Management.
• Drives execution of technical learning plans in close collaboration with Process, Packaging, Q&FS, Supply & Commercial.
• Use appropriate tools to facilitate concept and prototype creation & evaluation.
• Ensures R&D voice is represented in the risk assessment of the innovation/renovation stage/gate process (QuEST).
• Ensures product performance validation for innovation/renovation projects.
• Ensures shelf-life validation for innovation/renovation projects that deviate from existing technical foundation for shelf-life.
• Delivers product frameworks, recipe frameworks, and finished product specifications for innovation/renovation projects.
• Follow corporate labeling and claim policy.
• As needed, partners with Product Formulation – CB (Current Business) to define gap closure strategies for PPP outages when root cause goes beyond existing framework.

Skills

Product development

Formulation

Cross-functional

Project management

Design of experiments

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Technology, Engineering, or related technical field

Graduate degree in Food Science, Technology, Engineering, or Business Administration

Job description

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in Franklin, TN, seeks an experienced product development professional to lead the development, renovation, and deployment of innovations within our Wet pet nutrition portfolio for the North American market. You will work cross-functionally to provide formulation and technical support from bench to full-scale production, interfacing with global teams as needed.

Responsibilities include translating consumer insights into design, delivering recipe and raw