Position Title: R&D Manager – Food
Manufacturing

Location: Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)

Summary

A growing, high-quality food manufacturing organization is seeking
an experienced R&D Manager to lead new product development and
commercialization from concept through production. This role provides critical
technical leadership in food science, formulation, process development, and
plant scale-up while driving continuous improvement across existing product
lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited
to:

• Lead
  full-lifecycle product development, pilot trials, plant trials, and
  commercial launches.
• Develop and
  optimize formulations based on customer specifications, regulatory
  guidelines, and operational requirements.
• Apply advanced
  food science principles to enhance product quality, shelf life, ingredient
  functionality, and manufacturing performance.
• Establish detailed
  product specifications, processing procedures, and raw material standards.
• Oversee product
  evaluations, shelf-life studies, and process validation testing.
• Deliver expert
  technical support to Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Sales teams.
• Ensure strict
  compliance with FDA, HACCP, GMP, SQF, BRC, and food labeling requirements.
• Evaluate new
  ingredients, suppliers, and emerging food processing technologies.
• Lead, mentor, and
  guide R&D team members while managing multiple high-priority
  development projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
  in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of
  hands-on food product development and commercialization experience in a
  manufacturing environment.
• Proven track
  record with plant trials, commercial scale-up, process validation, and
  food production.
• Strong working
  knowledge of ingredient functionality, food chemistry, thermal processing,
  pH, emulsions, and shelf-life stability.
• Deep understanding
  of FDA, HACCP, GMP, BRC, and food labeling regulations.
• Demonstrated
  leadership, project management, analytical, and cross-functional
  communication skills.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in
  Food Science, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Prior experience
  managing and mentoring direct reports within an R&D laboratory or
  plant environment.

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