Food Scientist

• Identify product growth and new product opportunities
• Participate in sensory evaluation of animal protein products with cross functional teams and with customers
• Provide technical guidance and leadership on products, process development and improvement, and support for quality systems and regulatory oversight
• Partner and stay connected with cross functional teams that include marketing, insights, sales, ops, food safety quality and regulatory
• Provide findings and analysis with insights, research, and commercial brand to develop short- and long-term testing programs for experimental and commercial products and hybrids
• Collaborate and build partnership with sales, business management and marketing partners to identify customer needs and translate these into new product development opportunities
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff
• Other duties as assigned

• Diploma/Certificate or bachelor’s degree in Food Science or equivalent experience
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Two or more years of professional experience combined in the following areas: protein formulation development, ingredient functionality and product commercialization
• Must be willing to participate in sensory evaluation of animal protein products
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time, into US and Canada
• Ability to support early or late hours or weekends as needed
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Possess a valid, full Canadian Driver’s Licence in good standing, authorizing you to drive independently during the course of your employment
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

• Master's degree or other post-secondary degree
• Prior experience in product management
• Operations experience
• Strategic thinker with ability to build effective plans to support strategic initiatives
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with evolving business-critical technology

Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position