Sr Scientist, Food - Geneva, IL

McCormick & Company; Geneva (IL); On-site; USD 86,390 - 151,220; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Flexibility and Support for Diverse LI

Total Rewards program

Job summary

McCormick & Company, a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments, seeks a Senior Scientist, Food at our Flavor Solutions site in Geneva, IL. You will independently develop and evaluate flavor systems and interface with customers, R&D teams, and operations.

Responsibilities include leading flavor applications, managing cross-functional projects, advancing new ingredients, and supporting commercialization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the food and/or flavor industry.
• At least 3 years of Food Flavor applications in a flavor house and/or
• At least 3 years of Food Product Development within a consumer products company.
• Strong experience with Food Flavor Delivery Systems, Ingredients and Flavors.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information.
• Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions.
• Project management and ability to interact, seek advice, teach, influence, and negotiate.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence across the organization.
• Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
• An in-depth understanding of ingredients and technology along with their impact on product taste and functionality.
• Knowledge of food industry food ingredients, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations.
• Proficient in product development and commercialization across a wide variety of finished product application categories.
• Intellectual curiosity, flexibility, demonstrated aptitude for complexity and managing in a complex environment, an innovative imagination, and the ability to operate in 'grey' space.

Responsibilities

• Leading flavor applications and prototype development in foods and providing flavor applications support for Industrial Customers.
• Facilitating complex projects including planning and leading cross functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments.
• Building competency within the area of Food Flavor Applications.
• Project Management: Plan and lead project teams, defining and assessing of project requirements, designing, and managing experiments.
• Investigate and assess new ingredients and technologies.
• Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and / or with vendors.
• Commercialization of products and troubleshooting problems.
• Offer Technical Support for formulations to Operation and Quality functions.
• Interface and communicate project status with customers and commercial team.
• Supervise and instruct lower-level employees.

Skills

Flavor applications

Project management

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Quality awareness

Education

BSc in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or related field

Job description

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Senior Scientist, Food immediately at our McCormick Flavor Solutions site in Geneva, IL.

What We Bring To The Table

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

Position Overview

The Senior Scientist will independently develop and evaluate flavor systems for application and evaluation of flavors with the use of proprietary technologies in support of customers and McCormick. Additionally, this role will be the interface with customers, R&D teams, and assist in responding to specific project requests. Assist and leverage the development of new flavors/ingredients and new methodologies and contribute to technically driven business development activities in the Food Applications area.

Primary Responsibilities

• Leading flavor applications and prototype development in food products and providing excellent flavor applications support for Industrial Customers.
• Facilitating complex projects including planning and leading cross functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments.
• Building competency within the area of Food Flavor Applications.
• Project Management: Plan and lead project teams, defining and assessing of project requirements, designing, and managing experiments.
• Investigate and assess new ingredients and technologies.
• Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and / or with vendors.
• Commercialization of products (understanding of processes and operations for product manufacture) and troubleshooting problems.
• Offer Technical Support for formulations to Operation and Quality functions.
• Interface and communicate project status with customers and commercial team.
• Supervise and instruct lower-level employees.

Required Qualifications

• BSc in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the food and/or flavor industry including:
• • At least 3 years of Food Flavor applications in a flavor house and/or
  • At least 3 years of Food Product Development within a consumer products company.
• Strong experience with Food Flavor Delivery Systems, Ingredients and Flavors
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information.
• Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions.
• Project management and ability to interact, seek advice, teach, influence, and negotiate.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence across the organization.
• Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
• An in-depth understanding of ingredients and technology along with their impact on product taste and functionality.
• Knowledge of food industry food ingredients, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations.
• Proficient in product development and commercialization across a wide variety of finished product application categories.
• Intellectual curiosity, flexibility, demonstrated aptitude for complexity and managing in a complex environment, an innovative imagination, and the ability to operate in "grey" space.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Base Salary

Base Salary: $86,390 to $151,220

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan. In addition to a competitive compensation package, permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:

• Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
• Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
• Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans