RD&A Scientist

Requisition ID: 57326
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement:

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

To support R&D projects through the development process working with the wider R&D Team to ensure delivery of the projects in a timely manner. Responsible for product development from initiation to launch conferring with Senior Scientists / RD&A Managers where appropriate. Interacts with process engineers, flavour experts, sales staff, marketing and End Use Market team, suppliers, manufacturing, customers and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems.

Key responsibilities

• Understands key commercial requirements of the taste and nutrition industry. Implements industry recognised methods. Keeps up to date on best practice requirements.
• Conducts sensory testing and application screening to support new solutions.
• Ensures that ingredient functionality into final products fits the purpose of the customer.
• Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation and chemical interactions.
• Interacts and troubleshoots with customers on application concerns.
• Develops application knowledge within assigned food categories and becomes recognised as a solutions partner by food product developers. Assists customers with technical issues that may arise.
• Participates in designated RD&A projects. Ensures appropriate documentation of experimental trials and outcomes to facilitate scale up and product transfer to manufacturing.
• Ensures that good laboratory practices and lab protocols are being met in line with Global. Evolves record documentation and methodology into appropriate database.
• Maintains laboratory, raw material stock and evaluates new materials for product development.
• Builds further scientific knowledge through interactions with senior scientists and subject matter experts, literature reviews, regulatory monitoring, and application studies. Sources external literature to guide thinking on specific projects.
• Establishes strong relationships with selected academic researchers and universities to strengthen the use of application abilities and pilot plant capabilities to strengthen Kerry as an industry leader.
• Interacts with customers to demonstrate Kerry capabilities.

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a food manufacturing setup with experience in snack seasoning design.
• Diploma/ Degree in Food Science/ Technology.
• Methodical / attention to detail.
• Multitasker.