Principal Scientist, Next Generation Plant-Based Foods

Company: Laguna Source
Location: Buffalo
Posted on: March 26, 2020

Job Description:

This is an exciting entrepreneurial scientific leadership opportunity within an ultra-innovative category defining plant-based natural foods and nutritional products company. You will be charged with overseeing and growing product sales, marketing, product development and branding activities. Your overall roles and responsibilities will include: - Overseeing Product Development and Innovation to introduce and grow Nutritional products including Children's Nutritionals and Hydration Products as well as category defining all natural plant based non-dairy food products. - Partnering with marketing, scientific and technical core team members to define project scope, success criteria, and critical paths while maintaining Stage Gate methodologies from innovation, R&D, process scale up, sensory testing, product launch through to successful completion of post-launch reviews. - Understanding and leveraging the nutritional impact value of products, interpreting results and working with Marketing to further product development efforts. - Driving Scientific Marketing campaigns through content creation, PR campaigns and writing for scientific whitepapers and informational documents. - Developing relationships and partnering with Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and academic institutions to execute clinical trials, scientific studies and product testing protocols. - Effectively communicating scientific and technological concepts to technical and non technical audiences at multiple levels through a variety of mediums to enable sound business decisions. - Driving the success of Business Operations through forecasting, budgeting, P&L accountability, development of KPIs and e-commerce analytics.- Serving as a member of the company's leadership team. Desired Skills & Experience- 5+ years of successful product development and marketing experience from within low acid aseptic foods, dairy, nutritional products, nutraceutical, infant formula, toddler products and or food-pharma related industries. - MS or Ph.D. in Food Science, Nutritional Science, Nutrition or related scientific field. MD or MBA a plus. - Scientific/ technical nutritional product development and product innovation experience. - Successful experience building early stage natural foods, nutraceutical, nutritional products and sports hydration brands into category market leaders. - Project Management experience developing nutritional food products from discovery, R&D, development, product launch through to commercialization phases. - Process Innovation expertise working with aggressive Stage-Gate methodologies. - Scientific lab expertise working with nutritional ingredients, vitamins, flavor chemistry, nutritional food components, or sensory science a plus. - Experience developing clinical trial protocols, scientific studies and laboratory testing methods which support marketing claims. - Strong publication and presentation record. - Experience working within FDA, GMP, HACCP and CFR compliance. - Entrepreneurial, visionary and strategic leadership experience with the ability to work within a dynamic fast paced ultra innovative environment. - Exceptional Business Operations and Financial Management experience overseeing forecasting, budgeting and accounting activities.

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