Senior Beverage Scientist

Hunter the Headhunter; San Diego (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 145 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous PTO and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, and vision

Health & wellness programs

Résumé du poste

Hunter the Headhunter is seeking a Senior Beverage Scientist in San Diego, CA to drive growth in beverage and flavor categories. You will work with customers, sales, and internal innovation teams to create beverage solutions from a broad portfolio of natural ingredients.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in beverage development, strong project management, and proficiency with beverage processing technologies. This is a fulltime role offering base salary plus benefits and travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of beverage development experience in flavor, ingredient, beverage, or CPG.
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or related field.
• Proven concept-to-commercialization track record.
• Strong knowledge of beverage processing technologies and manufacturing methods.
• Excellent organization and project management with multitasking skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsabilités

• Develop innovative beverage solutions using flavors, flavor systems, functional ingredients, and coffee/tea extracts.
• Lead projects from concept through commercialization: formulation, stability testing, documentation, and costing.
• Develop carbonated, functional, ready-to-drink, and coffee/tea-based beverages.
• Apply processing knowledge including pasteurization, homogenization, hot-fill, carbonation, and canning.
• Build technical relationships with customers; support customer visits and ideation sessions with sales.
• Contribute to innovation presentations, rapid prototyping, and new concept development.
• Support pilot trials and production runs during commercialization.
• Manage multiple projects against timelines and technical milestones.
• Support lifecycle management focused on cost reduction and margin optimization.
• Maintain accurate lab documentation and follow GLP, ISO, and safety standards.

Connaissances

Beverage development

Project management

Customer collaboration

Cross-functional teamwork

Formation

Bachelor's in Food Science/ Food Engineering/ Chemistry

Outils

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

About the company: Our client is an established, independent U.S. manufacturer of natural, clean-label ingredients for the food and beverage industry. Their portfolio spans natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, coffee and tea extracts, and food protection solutions, supported by vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities including fermentation, extraction, custom flavor development, and drying and blending technologies. They partner with leading brands, manufacturers, and foodservice operators to bring better-for-you products to market faster.

About the role: Our client is seeking a Senior Beverage Scientist in San Diego, CA to drive growth in its beverage and flavor categories. You'll work directly with customers, sales, and internal innovation teams to create winning beverage solutions from a broad portfolio of natural ingredients. The ideal candidate is a highly technical beverage expert with strong project management skills who enjoys bringing customer concepts to life.

Compensation: $120,000 - $145,000 base salary + benefits

What you'll do:

• Develop innovative beverage solutions using flavors, flavor systems, functional ingredients, and coffee and tea extracts
• Lead projects from concept through commercialization: formulation, stability testing, documentation, and costing
• Develop carbonated, functional, ready-to-drink, and coffee/tea-based beverages
• Apply processing knowledge including pasteurization, homogenization, hot-fill, carbonation, and canning
• Build technical relationships with customers; support customer visits and ideation sessions with sales
• Contribute to innovation presentations, rapid prototyping, and new concept development
• Support pilot trials and production runs during commercialization
• Manage multiple projects against timelines and technical milestones
• Support lifecycle management focused on cost reduction and margin optimization
• Maintain accurate lab documentation and follow GLP, ISO, and safety standards

What you bring:

• Bachelor's in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field
• 10+ years of beverage development in flavor, ingredient, beverage, or CPG
• Proven concept-to-commercialization track record
• Strong knowledge of beverage processing technologies and manufacturing methods
• Excellent organization, project management, and multitasking skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills with customers and cross-functional teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM tools such as Salesforce
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Work environment: May involve exposure to common allergens (soy, wheat, fish, shellfish, milk, egg, tree nuts, sesame).

What our client offers:

• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Health & wellness programs

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.