Job Description

Your Opportunity as the Senior Technologist, Coffee Product Development Team

In this role you will use your understanding of food chemistry/product development to perform critical experimental work of applied research and/or development including planning experiments, generating and analyzing data, and sharing recommendations to a cross-functional team regarding formulation of new and existing products. Sr. Technologists of Product Development plan and execute a broad range of technical tasks and must be able to work effectively with support and direction from manager or within a team. Your work is typically “hands on” in a lab, in a plant or pilot plant, at a critical site, on a computer, or with consumers for all R&G coffee products.

Location: Corporate Offices in Orrville, Ohio

Work Arrangements: Ability to travel up to 30% on an ongoing basis (travel frequency dependent on projects and product launch pipeline). Hybrid role 3-4 days per week in office is expected due to nature of lab work.

In this role you will:

• Formulate products based on product design briefs, claim substantiation, operational feasibility, and financial targets with direction from manager

• Conduct experiments from rapid, iterative prototyping to development and scale-up (benchtop, pilot plant, plant)

• Review and interpret data, from process trials, measurements from chemical/physical analysis, roasting studies, storage studies, statistical analysis, providing conclusions and recommendations

• Compose new and update existing documents such as formula specifications, technical reports, project updates, data analyses, laboratory notebooks, etc.

• Provide technical proficiency and direction in bringing new R&G coffee technologies to operations

• Learn to integrate analytical data of green and roasted coffee to large AI models for formula flexibility

• Assist as needed in providing innovative ideas leading to the creation of new products, cost savings/efficiency, and solving product related challenges

• Participate in Product Science and JMP Community of Practice-Develop training and methods for Mixture Design of Experiences (DOE)

• Critical partner with Green Coffee and Process Development teams to qualify new green coffee varieties

• Leverage roasting chemistry acumen, green coffee knowledge and DOE’s to deliver margin improvement for our Bustelo Coffee Brand

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• MS degree in Food Science or Food Technology/Engineering with 1 year of experience in a technical field (or PhD in STEM with preference in Chemistry, Food Science, or Food Engineering)

• Understanding of neural networks or AI driven machine learning with large data models

• Experience with the basics of statistical design software and mixture DOE

• Experience with Near-Infrared (NIR) technology for chemical analysis

• Prior experience or research in roasting kinetics of food products

• Passion for coffee products and roasting chemistry

• Strong background in applying engineering principles & critical thinking to solve complex technical problems

• Strong communication, both oral and written

• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and creativity skills

• Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills

• Comfortable in ambiguous situations

• Confident and proactive person open to constant learning

• Can work with personal and food safety in mind

• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role: