UFS Senior Scientist - Condiments

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Location: Remote - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Pay Range: $86,080 to $129,120

Bonus: Eligible.

LTI: Eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Eligible benefits include health insurance, retirement savings, life insurance, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, and voluntary benefits.

If you have a passion for food and product development and are extremely operator/customer focused, then this role is just for you! Unilever Food Solutions is an inspiring global company made up of talented, entrepreneurial professionals working closely with chefs and distributive partners daily.

• Partnership with Marketing, Culinary, Quality, and Supply Chain teams supporting business objectives.
• Lead technical development (recipe development, specifications, risk management) for North America Dressings products.
• Support R&D initiatives of quality, nutrition, cost savings, complexity reduction and sustainability by design.
• Works as a leader and member of a cross functional project team to deliver projects on time and in full.

• You’re a born leader:
  Pro‑active self‑direction with a high level of initiative and persistence.
• You’re a dot connector:
  Ability to manage complex relationships and solve complex problems.
• You’re a change maker:
  Ability to identify and address emerging issues as well as set and manage priorities and continuously improve processes and practices.
• You love to win and have fun doing it:
  Passion for product development and extremely customer/consumer focus.
• You’re a storyteller:
  Adapting technical information to communicate results with other cross‑functional team members and stakeholders.
• You’re a paradox navigator:
  Application of technical knowledge and scientific methodologies including bench‑top formulation, experimental design, analytical methods, statistical procedures, and data analysis.
• You’re a culture & change champion:
  Comfort with multi‑tasking in a fast‑paced, multi‑cultural environment.

• Lead and coordinate the R&D activities across one key technology or channel pillar to both shape and deliver the brand’s program.
• Deliver total business agenda encompassing innovation, renovation, quality and nutrition improvement, regulatory compliance, and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead the technical discussions in cross‑functional meetings and represent the R&D + technical views and paths forward to drive agility and speed within the project team.
• Conduct technical risk assessments and recommendations on risk mitigation plans to balance speed and execution.
• Demonstrate flexibility to manage multiple priorities by adapting to daily challenges and priority changes within the business environment.

• Define the technical project brief and targets against which products can be designed, developed and measured.
• Demonstrate strong formulation expertise in dressings to lead new product design and renovations with speed.
• Design and execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required.
• Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from initial request through approved status.
• Organize and participate in trials, providing onsite monitoring and technical assistance.
• Own bench and pilot‑scale product development and execute proper handoff and primary support for full‑scale commercialization.
• Prepare comprehensive trial/lab reports and presentations with recommendations and next steps.
• Support cost savings initiatives and supply chain efficiency projects to enhance quality, cost savings, and complexity reduction.
• Drive and coordinate all technical aspects with subject matter experts to fully commercialize new products and product changes.

• Lead technical discussions in cross‑functional meetings and present the R&D view for the project team to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where product development knowledge is essential.
• Lead/support technical investigations using root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving techniques.
• Analyze and…