Kerr by Ingredion is hiring a Food Scientist to join our growing Technical Services team! The Technical Services Food Scientist is responsible for providing technical support to internal and external customers for a broad range of food applications. This role will assist the Process Engineer, Operations, and Quality teams with new process development while working alongside the Business Development and Technical Service teams to develop innovative ingredients and concepts to showcase formulated systems and blended solutions. In addition, this position's activities will develop benchtop process, conduct scale-up trials, and support production of strategic and customer-driven innovation projects. The Technical Service Food Scientist will have the responsibility for maintaining excellent working relationships across internal departments and Ingredion business units, and will assist the Go-To-Market team to promote functional, value-added ingredient solutions to meet business growth and customer needs.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and support to customers for a broad range of food and beverage applications.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the company’s technologies, solutions, and their applications across the food and beverage industry
• Promote functional, value-added ingredients and recommend solutions by phone/e-mail, face-to-face meetings, presentations, and at trade shows.
• Form strong internal and external relationships across departments, business units, and with decision makers across the industry
• Work collaboratively with our Go-To-Market team to provide technical support in recommending solutions to internal and external customers, crafting customer value propositions, and building knowledge to meet goals.
• Lead technical activities with multiple customer projects to prioritize, develop, and implement the Go-To-Market strategy with sales account managers and working in cross-functional teams.
• Leading and supporting internal initiatives in support of the company’s business strategies
• Prepare prototypes for presentations and tradeshows to showcase our new products.
• Develop clear, concise written instructions for new processes.
• Prepare samples for internal sensory panel evaluation
• Work with Procurement to identify new ingredients to meet specifications, cost targets, and internal guidelines for incoming raw materials.
• Maintain and update project logs in CRM system(s).
• Support Operations team through pilot trials and commercial production to ensure successful new product launches
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized lab area in accordance with Technical Service and Sample Laboratory GMPs.
• This job will require up to 15% travel for food shows and customer visits.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree; or technical equivalent related to the field of Food Science, Food Management and/or Food Processing/Manufacturing
• One (1) to three (3) years experience and/or training in the food industry, or equivalent combination of higher education and work experience
• Prior lab experience using analytical instrumentation, lab filtration systems, pilot scale equipment, and rotary evaporator
• Read and comprehend technical instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, in particular, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Effectively present information in a one-to-one and small group setting to other employees of the company
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, and/or schedule form
• Proficiency with basic algebra and statistical analysis.
• Above average organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good individual decision-making skills
• Ability to motivate self and other members of the Technical Service team to complete deliverables within scope and timeline

Desired behavior and personal attributes

• Push to continuously drive personal and organizational results, take educated risks on business opportunities, and benchmark external best practices to outperform the competition
• Create a talent culture founded on a strong conviction that superior talent delivers superior results- scout to find the best people, drive performance, coach transparently, and build strong, high-performing teams across a global organization
• Regularly identify areas that can be improved and constructively propose new solutions that increase value and improve business performance, as well as exploring multiple possibilities to tackle challenges and thinking creatively to determine the best solution
• Proactively seek to improve knowledge of customer and industry needs
• Challenge the status quo and promote bold thinking to create value
• Prioritize our people and grow relationships across the organization

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.

Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Country

Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 11,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.