Beverage Developer - Food Services in Vista, California at Vibrant Ingredients

JOB TITLE: Beverage Developer- Food Service

REPORTS TO: Director of Research and Development

JOB SUMMARY: Vibrant Ingredients seeks a highly skilled and detail-oriented Beverage Developer to support the growth of the Food Service Beverage business.

Skills, Traits, & Competencies:

• Beverage Development Skills: > 8 years’ experience, with a proven track record of sales in the beverage categories
• Experience in Coffee would be an advantage
• Ability to produce a Food service beverage from concept to commercialization
• Excellent technical execution and project management skills
• Highly developed organizational skills
• Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels of the organization.
• Great presentation skills and a love for customers are necessary
• Ability to travel up to 25%

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops food service beverage solutions for customers including coffee, tea, refresher type products that are cost effective, stable, utilizing the breath of the Vibrant Ingredient portfolio (Functional ingredients, coffee & tea extracts, flavors). Completes stability testing, documentation, costing and supports commercialization.
• Ability to manage and drive projects to a successful outcome
• Capable of multitasking and prioritizing projects.
• Ability to develop Technical to Technical relationships with customers
• Will be expected to support customer visits with sales.
• Participates in Life Cycle Management of products focusing on reducing costs and maximizing margin. Completing all necessary stability testing.
• Participates in supporting Innovation presentations, Ideation, Rapid Prototyping.
• Supports production runs of new products for select customers.
• Capable of developing a wide range of beverage applications with experience in product processing (Pasteurization, Homogenization, hot-fill, indirect and direct steam processing, carbonation, canning)
• Follows basic GLP, ISO procedures, safety, lab notebooks and/or other electronic record keeping
• May supervise Technicians

Minimum Qualifications:

• Science degree (preferably in Food Science/Food Engineering) from a reputable school
• Proven track record of success in beverage development in the Food Service or beverage industry
• Full working knowledge of Beverage development
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and delivery technologies
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Good computer software skills including MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.), Salesforce.