Pet Nutrition Scientist: Ingredient Tech & Innovation

Hill's Pet Nutrition; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 88,500 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Profit sharing

Long-term incentives

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company in Topeka, Kansas invites a Scientist to lead ingredient testing, cost-saving initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration across Global Technology, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory. The role partners with external suppliers to strengthen ingredient reliability and sustainability while guiding troubleshooting with manufacturing plants.

The position requires a BS/BA in a relevant field and at least 3 years in the animal or food industry; MS/PhD is

Qualifications

• BS or BA degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Food engineering, Animal Science, or related technical field.
• Minimum 3 years of animal or food industry experience.
• Preferred MS or PhD in Food Science, Nutrition, Food engineering, Animal Science, or related technical field.
• Demonstrated understanding of thermal processing effects on ingredient functionality, product performance over shelf life, and product design implications.
• Demonstrated understanding of scaling ingredients and products from pilot to commercial production.
• Experience in product design and development (Preferably sole source nutritional products in animal/human food industry).
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects including design and execution of scientific experiments.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of company’s technology goals by developing products from bench top to commercialization.
• Partner with Net-Ops and Quality, to complete root-cause analysis of operational and/or product issues and implement optimal solutions, including alternate supplier qualifications.
• Lead in technical and cross functional project teams.
• Apply fundamental food science and processing knowledge for optimum ingredient and finished product functionality and nutrition.
• Transform nutrient standards of ingredients and formulations to meet finished product functional, regulatory, and cost standards.
• Coordinate all documents that support the approval and maintenance of Hill’s ingredient portfolio.
• Team with vendors and manufacturing to establish and update ingredient shelf life, storage, and handling.
• Conduct biological and feeding tests to ensure product and ingredient acceptability with the pet.
• Partner with process engineers and manufacturing for synergy in ingredient handling and conveyance within process development.
• Validate alternate ingredient performance through coordination & interpretation of product evaluations including analytical, palatability, sensory, and stability testing.

Skills

Working knowledge of nutritional sci

Education

BS/BA in Food Science or related

MS/PhD in Food Science or related

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Company in Topeka, Kansas invites a Scientist to lead ingredient testing, cost-saving initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration across Global Technology, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and Regulatory. The role partners with external suppliers to strengthen ingredient reliability and sustainability while guiding troubleshooting with manufacturing plants.

The position requires a BS/BA in a relevant field and at least 3 years in the animal or food industry; MS/PhD is