Senior Application Scientist

3 days ago


Beloit, Wisconsin, United States Kerry Full time
About Kerry

Kerry is a leading global taste and nutrition company that partners with customers to create healthier, tastier, and more sustainable products for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you the opportunity to shape the future of food while exploring and growing in a truly global environment.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Application Scientist - Bakery to join our R&D team. This role is critical in driving the development and improvement of bakery products, ensuring they meet the highest quality standards and consumer expectations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Understanding and experience in the functionalities and application of food preservation, mold inhibition in bakery, flavors, emulsifiers, and enzymes, and other ingredients in bakery applications.
  • Scientific knowledge of basic bakery ingredient interactions and roles in formulations, such as flour, fats/oil, eggs, sugar, salt, water, as well as functional ingredients which may be added for processing benefits, shelf-life, texture, product quality, etc.
  • Design experiments to evaluate functional ingredient performance and qualification in applications for customer application requirements.
  • Application concepts creation and bakery product formulation development.
  • Maintain an active working knowledge of a range of Kerry technologies and innovations.
  • Work with cross-functional groups to optimize the strengths of Kerry and deliver the best technical Taste and Nutrition experience for our customers.
  • Field customer requests both internal and external to satisfy project needs from a conceptual phase through troubleshooting, commercialization, and plant-level manufacturing.
  • Establish a relationship with our customers, working through our bakery and related sales and marketing teams.
  • Strong bakery formulation knowledge and experience in a commercial bakery plant or R&D facility setting.
  • Understanding of different bakery products such as yeast-raised, chemically leavened, laminated; and processing such as sheeting, molding, rounding, depositing, proofing, frying, baking, continuous, and batch, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to use basic bakery-related analytical equipment, this includes; pH in dough and finished bakery product, viscosity, specific gravity, texture analyzer, etc.
  • Familiarity with more specialized cereal/food science equipment is a plus. This includes; C-cell (other crumb analyzer), Mixolab (or similar dough rheology measurement), VolScan (or similar bread volume analyzer), Rheometer (dough and batter rheology), and others as necessary.
Qualifications and Skills
  • Minimum BSc in Food Science/Grain Science/ or related scientific field, with 5-7 years of food industrial experience, product development/formulation, bakery application experiences.
  • Strong background in food/cereal chemistry, spoilage/mold inhibition, with bakery operational experience or baking technology knowledge preferable.
  • Problem-solving skills. Ability to work with cross-functional teams at multi-levels within the organization. Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, accepts feedback.
What We Offer

The typical hiring range for this role is $89,084 to $131,354 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilize video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a "starter kit," investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.



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