Senior Director, R&D & Innovation Pipeline

Gehl-Food-; Village of Germantown (WI); In loco; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Gehl Food & Beverage in Wisconsin is seeking a Sr. Director of R&D to lead the R&D teams across beverage, food, and co-manufacturing, partnering with the VP of R&D to drive innovation and a three-year product pipeline.

You will build a capacity-planning tool to align resources with project load, ensure GMPs and quality standards, and mentor junior staff while delivering results for core customers.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in food science and technology or business.
• 10 years of progressively responsible R&D experience in a food manufacturing company.
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching abilities.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication for staff to executives.
• Strong data collection, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently or in a team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Mansioni

• Defines project scope at the outset and ensures projects are delivered within it.
• Supports organizational and departmental initiatives to ensure a consistent message and targeted objectives.
• Facilitates development and scale-up timelines and deliverables for internal and customer projects that meet product specifications.
• Provides timely and accurate feedback to internal and external customers on project related activities.
• Supports adherence to label development and compliance requirements.
• Contributes to management of R&D budget.
• Ensures GMPs, SOPs, safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains competencies for product legality, safety, and quality per policy and GFSI.
• Helps drive process improvements like the R&D-to-quality/operations hand-off.
• Completes documentation to set up new raw materials in ERP.
• Builds bench strength in junior employees through mentoring and coaching.
• Leads development of a three-year innovation pipeline.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Communication

Project management

MS Office

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in food science or business

Descrizione del lavoro

Gehl Food & Beverage in Wisconsin is seeking a Sr. Director of R&D to lead the R&D teams across beverage, food, and co-manufacturing, partnering with the VP of R&D to drive innovation and a three-year product pipeline.

You will build a capacity-planning tool to align resources with project load, ensure GMPs and quality standards, and mentor junior staff while delivering results for core customers.