Senior Culinary R&D Leader — Product Innovation

CJ Schwan's; Marshall (MN); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Schwan’s Shared Services, LLC in Marshall, Minnesota seeks a Senior Culinary Research Specialist to lead product development for processed foods, applying culinary and research skills to optimize processing, packaging, and shelf-life. The role supports sales and marketing with expert product knowledge to top customers.

Develop new formulations, supervise start-ups, and work with R&D, QA, and packaging teams to ensure quality, safety, and cost targets while aligning with unit strategies.

Qualifications

• Associate degree requires 4 years in Bazaar Cook, Kitchen Extern, etc., with ~1.5 years in R&D roles.
• Bachelor degree requires 2 years in R&D roles with similar culinary focus and research.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development projects to create safe, palatable, and healthful foods.
• Support sales and marketing with product knowledge and presentations.
• Develop new products through culinary recipes from kitchen to lab to production.
• Evaluate ingredients for cost, flavor, shelf-life, and processing feasibility.
• Collaborate with engineers and QA/QC to resolve development issues.

Skills

Culinary arts

Food science

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Project leadership

New product development

Education

Associate's degree in Culinary Arts

Bachelor's degree in Food Science

Job description

Schwan’s Shared Services, LLC in Marshall, Minnesota seeks a Senior Culinary Research Specialist to lead product development for processed foods, applying culinary and research skills to optimize processing, packaging, and shelf-life. The role supports sales and marketing with expert product knowledge to top customers.

Develop new formulations, supervise start-ups, and work with R&D, QA, and packaging teams to ensure quality, safety, and cost targets while aligning with unit strategies.