Position Summary

The Senior Gummy Technical Specialist serves as a subject-matter expert in gummy and confectionery dietary supplement development. This role provides advanced formulation support, scale-up guidance, manufacturing troubleshooting, and process optimization to ensure successful commercialization of new and existing gummy products.

This specialist acts as a technical bridge across R&D, Quality, and Operations—improving process robustness, supporting GMP compliance, enhancing production efficiency, and mentoring junior technical staff.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, or a related pharmaceutical science

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in gummy or confectionery formulation, scale-up, and manufacturing within dietary supplements or a related industry

• Strong understanding and application of Design of Experiments (DoE)

• Preferred knowledge of confectionery and solid dosage technologies (e.g., sustained/delayed release)

• Working knowledge of cGMP requirements for pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturing

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently

• Ability to travel as needed

Key Responsibilities

Formulation, Scale-Up & Technical Documentation

• Optimize existing gummy formulations and improve processing for quality, consistency, and efficiency

• Lead scale-up activities and ensure smooth technology transfer from R&D to commercial manufacturing

• Apply DoE and statistical modeling to refine and validate formulations

• Conduct literature, publication, and patent reviews to support innovation

• Interpret analytical data, ingredient specs, and lab/production test results

• Generate technical protocols, development reports, batch records, and GMP-compliant documentation

• Collaborate with commercial teams to support costing, feasibility assessments, and project scoping

Technical Troubleshooting & Manufacturing Support

• Act as the primary on-floor technical expert to resolve production issues (e.g., texture variations, sticking, bloom, aeration, yield loss, potency instability)

• Investigate manufacturing deviations and support QA with CAPA and root-cause activities

• Provide hands-on troubleshooting during cooking, depositing, conditioning, de-molding, and packaging

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to increase throughput and reduce waste

Process & Equipment Expertise

• Support operations involving kettles, cookers, depositors, moguls, and starchless molding systems

• Assist with commissioning, optimization, validation, and process qualification

• Ensure compliance with cGMP, HACCP, and all relevant regulatory requirements

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Provide technical mentorship and direction to scientists, technologists, and technicians

• Communicate project status, risks, and technical assessments to internal stakeholders

• Participate in and/or lead cross-functional teams focused on new product launches, process improvements, and complex technical challenges