R&D Process Scientist - Coffee

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. 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 global environment.

About the role

We are seeking a passionate and technically skilled RD&A Process Scientist to join our Coffee Innovation team. This role focuses on developing and optimizing coffee processing technologies, including roasting, extraction, and drying methods. The ideal candidate will contribute to product innovation, process scale-up, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality coffee solutions.

Key responsibilities

• To lead and/or participate in Commercial Coffee projects.
• To lead and/or participate in scale up, process optimization and innovation projects for coffee with R&D and production.
• To support ideation and implementation of PIP projects.
• Set clear priorities, goals and objectives for multi-disciplinary cross-functional project teams that create a competitive advantage for the business.
• Partner with Innovation, Beverage EUM and Business Development to ensure R&D objectives are aligned with business requirements and evolving market conditions
• Ensure technical reports, standard operating procedure (SOP's) and scientific presentations are accurate and kept up to date.
• Contribute to training team members on roasting, extraction that can add value to Kerry's coffee team.

Qualifications and skills

• Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry
• 3+ years’ experience of hands-on Research and Development.
• Experience at pilot scale and production environments.
• Demonstrate an ability for multi-tasking, in planning and time management
• Competence in extraction technology.
• Competence in writing technical documents such as research reports, SOPs, etc. Proficiency with Excel or other data processing/visualization software is desirable.

The typical hiring range for this role is $75,602 to $123,432 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).

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