R&D Product Development Scientist, Snack Seasonings

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Product Development Scientist for a Key Global Account. This new hire will work at the Technical Innovation Center, located in Hunt Valley, MD. The Product Development Scientist will report to a Product Development Director.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail,food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is "To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is "A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand."

As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees, McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services. Benefits include, but are not limited to, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, disability, group life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid holidays, and vacations.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Product Development Scientist will support one of our top, strategic customers through development of seasonings to meet specific sensory and functional attributes.  Reporting to the Director, the Scientist will be part of a highly creative and collaborative product development team with a strong emphasis of customer partnership.  This Scientist will also interact with other functional areas such as regulatory, operations and quality assurance to meet and maintain all seasoning design requirements.   The Scientist will leverage McCormick’s world class innovation and corporate technical resources to drive consumer preferred solutions.   

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide snack seasonings product development support for customers to include building and sustaining relationships within the core customer development teams
• Guide technical excellence and differentiation through robust product design, leveraging technology and implementing feedback from internal and external resources in an ever-changing environment
• Create market-preferred snack seasonings through bench top product development, leveraging culinary input, technical innovation and consumer insights.
• Guide customer requests by interacting with a broad multifunctional team to provide best in class solutions
• Conducting plant trials at McCormick locations

 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL THREE LEVELS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry or a related field

• Strong understanding of consumer and general sensory testing, including its application to product development
• Experience collecting and interpreting scientific data, including sensory, analytical, and commercialization
• Experience effectively collaborating across levels and functions within own organization and with outside customers and vendors
• Ability and willingness to travel 10% to 20%
• Proven success multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of ownership and professional commitment
• Desire and ability to work collaboratively with a diverse group of people
• Good written and verbal communication skills to interact effectively with external and internal customers
• Curiosity and innovative thinking
• Proven ability to interpret scientific data, including sensory and analytical, and commercialization

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL THREE LEVELS:

• MS Degree and/or PhD in a related field

• Experience with SAP, product formulary and retrieval systems
• Culinary interest or related training
• Proficiency in vendor management and development including the implementation of new ingredients as required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCIENTIST II Grade 60:

• Minimum 7 years of product development experience in the food industry.  Seasoning development experience is strongly preferred.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR SENIOR SCIENTIST Grade 61:

• Minimum 10 years of product development experience in the food industry.  Must have seasoning development experience with good understanding from design to scale up.    

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST Grade 62:

• Minimum 15 years of product development experience in the food industry. Must have seasoning development experience with good understanding from design to scale up. 

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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.