Director of Research and Development

3 days ago


Richmond, Canada Nature's Path Foods Full time

Keeps Nature’s path on the leading edge of new product development by:

- Leading all product development projects from concept to market launch.
- Develops and champions the strategic development of technology road maps for ingredients/formulas/products that leads to future competitive differentiation.
- Develops and manages external technical relationships with suppliers and other open innovation partners to advance external technologies with mutual business benefits and competitive differentiation.
- Directs and manages the performance and provides leadership and technical guidance to staff to deliver on project and department goals.
- Develops and implements programs to improve efficiencies, speed and quality of responses for external partnerships. Communicates status of external initiatives to executive management on a regular basis.
- Participate in sales and product demonstration presentations to customers.

Ensures operational standards for quality, cost, lean manufacture, food safety and sustainability by:

- Driving cost containment and quality standards of ingredients by researching vendors adoptions.
- Leading and participating in the creation of new product run documentation and costing, including processing parameters, ingredient specifications and cost, nutritional information and disposition of final product.
- Working with Operations and R&D team to optimize run parameters.
- Managing ongoing product shelf-life testing of all new and revised products
- Participating in operational meetings to ensure documentation and review of pre
- and post
- new product runs.
- Develops, communicates and manages internal and external budgets.

Plays a key role in the assurance of customer satisfaction with quality, consistent products by:

- Leading R&D group and collaborating with key stakeholders in determining optimal final
product specifications for new product development.
- Ensuring new product data in entered into Genesis database for creation of new product
packaging.
- Ensuring consistent and timely updates of current recipes into appropriate databases.
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of all legal requirements for packaging change.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Respect for or experience in the whole health/natural organics industry desirable.
- Approx.10 years: Product Development, Research & Development experience - From Concept to Commercialization.
- Cereal extrusion and baking experience desirable.
- Knowledge in food chemistry and statistical analysis as used in designing experiments and measuring process capabilities.


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