Director, R&D – Innovation
Chobani
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: North Brunswick Township • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $144,000 - $216,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Identify innovative product and process solutions to meet consumer, customer and business needs as a strategic driver for business growth
- Identify and document internal and external resource needs to support agreed upon development programs; effectively uses all available resources (internally and externally with strategic suppliers)
- Ensure legal, regulatory and quality standards are defined and met during commercialization of new food products
- Lead hands-on development activities as required to meet project objectives; involving, at times, performing the tasks normally conducted by food technologists and project leaders
- Communicate effectively, cross-functionally and across diverse levels within and outside the organization
- Identify and explore new areas of technical opportunities in connection with Chobani Labs, the Twin Falls and LC R&D teams, and grow our network of suppliers
- Proactively improve existing platforms and technologies
- Approve all pilot and trial designs to achieve the best cost, quality, and time to the target
- Execute projects within the defined time and financial frame, while also delivering 100% expected quality and legal compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in Food Technology or Food Chemistry; Master’s preferred
- Food industry experience; having a minimum of 10 years in the Dairy industry
- Exemplary leadership skills; ability to lead and influence multi-disciplinary teams to drive initiatives and concepts from initiation to completion
- Excellent project management, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills (both written and oral)
- Demonstrated understanding of product development requirements
- Extensive knowledge of and about dairy products and ingredients
- Extremely passionate about product quality and consumer satisfaction
- Strong capability for problem solution management
- Demonstrated passion for hands-on leadership
- Ability to make complex decisions and communicate with both technical and non-technical team members
- Strong understanding of and passion for the Food/CPG industry
- Proven track record of consumer focused innovation, ability to analyze and interpret consumer research data, technical understanding and technical writing
- Strong sensory capabilities
- Willingness to travel (max 30% of time depending on project needs)
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision coverage
- disability insurance
- health savings account
- flexible spending accounts
- tuition reimbursement
- 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay
- fertility and childcare assistance
- 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay
- wellness resources including employee assistance program,
- fitness discounts,
- wellness reimbursement,
- on-site gym access (certain locations)
- monthly wellness newsletter
- 120 hours of paid time off
- 11 holidays
- paid volunteer time off
- military service leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Food TechnologyFood ChemistryProduct DevelopmentProject ManagementAnalytical SkillsTechnical WritingConsumer Research AnalysisProblem Solution ManagementQuality Standards ComplianceDairy Product Knowledge
Soft skills
LeadershipInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsDecision MakingTeam InfluencePassion for QualityHands-on LeadershipAnalytical ThinkingConsumer FocusCollaboration