Product Research Director
6 days ago
Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) is a leading organization that plays a vital role in the dairy industry. We are dedicated to increasing sales and demand for dairy products, while maintaining confidence in dairy foods, farms, and businesses.
Our Mission
We strive to promote dairy products through research, education, and innovation. Our goal is to provide valuable insights and expertise to dairy farmers, processors, and other stakeholders in the industry.
Job Overview
The Product Research Director will be responsible for overseeing and driving product research and commercialization programs at DMI. This individual will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including universities, researchers, and industry partners, to achieve short-term and long-term goals.
Responsibilities
- Develop, manage, and execute plans to commercialize research emanating from DMI-funded programs
- Work closely with university researchers to ensure scalability of DMI-funded research
- Identify partners to scale up research from benchtop to pilot and work closely with partners to optimize process and ingredients
- Be the intermediary between university researchers and external partners to calibrate processes and address scalability problems
- Identify opportunity areas for product offerings developed through collaborative research projects
- Work with application labs to develop product concepts for customer sampling
- Closely work with customers for ingredient scale-up and launch
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to identify research opportunity areas
- Gain stakeholder input from dairy farmers, DMI business units, state and regional organizations, dairy industry, universities, and government organizations
- Develop product research funding proposals and presentations as needed for partners
- Build and nurture partnerships to grow R&D investment in dairy foods research
- Communicate key research outcomes to farmers, staff, and member units to assist in planning
- Provide strategic leadership and input into partnership needs and proactively identify opportunities to translate product research outcomes for activation with partners
Requirements
- Doctorate or Master's degree in Dairy Science, Food Science, or related field with industry experience
- Experience in the development and management of product research, product development, and commercialization of dairy products/technology or manufacturing
- Strong technical skills, including research design, statistical analysis, and interpretation of scientific research
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to lead a group and work with others
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
- Strong team leadership and people management skills
Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year
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