Product Formulation Scientist
Core
Formulate and deliver product recipes for the Pet Nutrition North America factory network to ensure safe, legal, and compliant pet food manufacturing.
Role type
Product Formulation Scientist
Builds
Pet nutrition products (C&T technology)
Domain
Pet Nutrition / Food Manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features
Required skills
Food Science, Engineering, or Chemistry degree; R&D Product Development and/or Formulation experience; raw material functionality knowledge; product design; formulation systems usage; product maintenance in operating environments
Preferred skills
Cross-functional collaboration; Value Leadership projects; Climate Action Plan projects; Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Technologies
formulation systems
Responsibilities
Formulate & deliver product recipes for the PNNA factory network; Own Product/Formulation deliverables for New Supplier Qualifications (NSQs); Own Product/Formulation deliverables for business continuity and resilience initiatives; Run quarterly recipe optimization program and report on quality and cost; Lead agreed Value Leadership projects; Lead agreed Climate Action Plan (CAP) projects; Drive verification of finished product nutritional compliance via the Sentinels program; Drive verification of finished product shelf life; Collaborate with Process-CB and site-based PPIs to support factory troubleshooting; Drive gap closure for Pet Product Performance (PPP) outages
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC