Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly integral environment.

The Principal Scientist is responsible for the development of products within the snacks category, leading innovation, duplication, and optimization projects from customer brief receipt through final validation and commercialization. This role is involved in formulation design, technical validation, industrial trials, and the documentation required to ensure the successful implementation of new products and improvements to the existing portfolio.

Receive and analyze customer briefs related to new product development and product reformulation projects within the snacks category.
• Develop formulations according to technical and commercial requirements established for each project.
• Lead product development projects from concept through industrial validation and commercialization.
• Prepare, coordinate,



and ship samples for customer evaluations and internal testing.
• Manage requests for physicochemical and sensory analyses required for product validation.
• Validate changes related to formulations, raw materials, packaging, and manufacturing processes.
• Provide technical support to Commercial, Quality, and Operations teams throughout product development and implementation activities.
• Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, or a related field.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Experience in Research & Development within the food industry.
• Experience with industrial scale-up, technology transfer, and process validation.
• Ability to interpret physicochemical data to validate formulations and manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, food safety requirements, and quality standards applicable to the food industry.
• Experience working with Manufacturing, Quality, and Commercial teams in food production environments.

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