Job ID: EB-3305136736
Job Title: R&D Director
Location: Monticello, MN
Work for one of North America’s fastest growing companies with a great leadership team, offers employees tremendous opportunities to gain experience, competitive compensation, and employee appreciation.
Company Information:
This rapidly growing company in Monticello, MN, a suburb of the Twin Cities, has been around for over 65 years and manufactures savory products like broths, soup bases, sauces, gravies, seasoning blends, and pet foods. Their customers include restaurants, innovative global food manufacturers, and hunger relief organizations on the frontline of the battle to end childhood hunger.
We Value and Appreciate Our Employees:
- Aggressive Market Leading Compensation Package
- Bonus Program
- Employee Profit Sharing Program
- Competitive Healthcare / Dental / Vision Package
- 401K Matching
- Graduated Vacation Package
- Various Engagement Activities throughout the Year, including monthly “Family Meals” prepared by our own Corporate Chefs
- Company pays 100 percent of employee’s medical and dental expenses and 25% of their family’s medical and dental expenses.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in food product development, with a focus on savory products such as broths, bone broths, soup bases, sauces, gravies, and seasoning blends
- Experience optimizing formulations for large-scale production, including products designed and equipment selection for retort or aseptic processing.
- 3-5 Years in leadership roles managing cross-functional teams.
- Experienced in mentoring and developing high performing teams.
- Proven track record of successful product launches from concept to commercialization.
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Managed 10+ concurrent projects across product lines and delivering projects on time and on budget with at least 95% success rate.
- Strong understanding of food safety regulations, quality assurance practices, and sensory evaluation techniques.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
- Able to commute to Monticello, MN
- Experience with HAACP, SQF and QA
- Knowledgeable in USDA, FDA and FSMA regulations and standards
- Experience with reverse engineering required.
- Familiarity with US labeling regulations. USDA, FDA, Organic, Non-GMO
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate details to technical and nontechnical members for fact-based decision making.
- Proven ability to present technical data and strategies to executives.
- Knowledge of: Internet Explorer; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook Express; Microsoft Word; Windows-Based Operating System.
- An entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for innovation and new products.
- An eagerness to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
- Energetic, enthusiastic, professional, and engaging.
- Self-motivated, self-directed, and a willingness to work hard.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred Certifications – Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing, HACCP.
- Must be reliable, self-starter possessing a positive personality with strong organizational skills.
- Should have solid phone/communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks paying close attention to detail and manage duties with little or no supervision.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondences. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common factions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions. –Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
For additional information please get in touch with Owen Carryl at 972-265-5307 or ocarryl@kbic.com
