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Senior Beverage Application Technologist

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Company Overview 

Brookside Flavor & Ingredients LLC (“BFI”) is a diversified developer, manufacturer, and marketer of food flavorings and ingredient serving both sweet and savory end markets. BFI is headquartered in Addison, IL with another facility in Branchburg, NJ. BFI is a fast-paced company expanding through de novo initiatives, organic growth, and continued acquisition of flavor companies and technologies. 

Position Summary: This position is responsible for leading the development of innovative beverage applications to support strategic customer initiatives and revenue growth. The role includes ownership of technical projects, customer-facing innovation support, and leadership in scale-up and commercialization efforts.

Essential Job Functions: 

  • Create beverages/applications for product demonstrations, customer visits and trade shows.
  • Consult with customers concerning regulatory and label questions.
  • Work on pilot activities with customers.
  • Effectively and efficiently execute lab projects that are assigned.
  • Support product development and applications team in tastings, information sharing of ideas & concepts, training and sample creation as needed.
  • Stay abreast of industry advancements by attending seminars, webinars and conferences.
  • Support customers with finding alternative sourcing options for raw materials.
  • Organize and maintain new raw material samples from vendors and suppliers.
  • Lead sensory evaluations and test for developed products to ensure customer approval
  • Set up and participate in daily product tasting. These products range from Vegan/vegetarian products to meat and seafood flavor.
  • Compound and blend flavor products as needed for day to day functions.
  • Additional responsibilities include; Maintaining lab stock of most used raw materials and ingredients and maintaining a clean and organized work environment.
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

  • Degree in food science, physical sciences, or related field required
  • Desired 8 years application development experience. 5 years minimum application development experience.
  • Proficient in the following applications: Carbonated Beverages, Alcoholic Beverages, Functional Beverages and UHT Beverages
  • Proficient in finished product labeling
  • Proficient in conducting pilot plant work. Ability to help scale formulas to production.
  • Proficiency with Office suites, as well as ability & willingness to learn new software applications
  • Must possess a strong attention to detail and maintain a neat work environment
  • Must possess strong and effective communication, organizational & interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively, both independently and as a team, in fast-paced setting

Measures of Performance

All employee’s performance is evaluated by the timely & accurate completion of the assigned job functions listed above, adherence to company policies and procedures, execution of established goals as agreed upon with direct manager during periodic performance reviews, as well as demonstrating attributes in line with the company’s following core competencies:

  • Job Knowledge
  • Job Quality
  • Judgement
  • Teamwork/Initiative

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit at a desk and stand in the lab for extended periods of time, using arms, hands and fingers to feel/operate a computer, phone and other necessary office/lab equipment, talk with full power of speech, hear and reach; occasionally may also be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, turn the head and torso, taste or smell.
  • Employee may have to exert up to 20-30 pounds of force to lift, carry, pull, push or otherwise move objects.
  • Specific vision abilities include close visual acuity, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is mainly subjected to an indoor office environment.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Disclaimer:

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.  It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation.  As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

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