Job Description

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Senior Food Scientist
Travel Required:  Travel - 25% of time
Posting Start Date:  1/26/21
Temporarily Remote

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 96649 - Topeka, Kansas, United States

The Implementation & Support group is responsible for adapting and geographically growing innovative products across our premium wellness and therapeutic product portfolios. This senior scientist position will be responsible for leading the technology transfer including ingredient characterization, product design, and production scale implementation of complete nutrition wellness & therapeutic foods for dogs and cats at our manufacturing facilities. This will require working closely with quality, regulatory, supply chain, manufacturing technology, procurement, packaging, external ingredient suppliers and internal manufacturing colleagues to ensure successful development and launch. Teamwork on product design with our claims and clinical studies group will help ensure final formulas deliver required efficacy and claims.

 

 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of sole-source nutritional solutions that deliver against specified nutrient, ingredient, quality & cost requirements
  • Validate product performance through coordination & interpretation of product analytical, biological, palatability, sensory, thermal processing and stability testing.
  • Partner with manufacturer colleagues and manufacturing technology to optimize product and process development
  • Development of ingredient, finished product specifications, and project documentation
  • Budgets and tracks project costs for initiatives.
  • Ongoing quality, safety, and training

 

Basic requirements:

▪ 10 Years of Animal or Food Proven Experience with 5+ years in development of wet form sole source nutrition foods

▪ MS in Food Science, Nutrition, Food Engineering or related field

 

Other required experience or qualifications:

▪ Demonstrated understanding of formula development process and basic food science principles

▪ Familiar with FDA low acid canned food (LACF) thermal processing filings

▪ Basic understanding of regulatory, product safety and quality requirements relevant to functional responsibilities

▪ Demonstrated ability to craft and run scientific experiments

▪ Ability to plan and execute projects

▪ Interpersonal skills

 

Preferred qualifications:

▪ PhD in Food Science, Nutrition, Food Engineering or related field

▪ Experience in integrating product design with novel wet product packaging including pouches, tubs, and trays

▪ Completed Better Process Control certification

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law

Are you interested in working for Hill's Pet Nutrition? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Work that matters, fueled by passion for pets!  At Hill’s we have a purpose.  Every day around the world, we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, amazing nutrition, and the best and brightest people. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hills' mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. 

HILL'S® Prescription Diet® therapeutic pet foods, HILL'S® Science Diet® and HILL'S® Ideal Balance™ wellness pet foods are sold worldwide. Hill’s is a division of Colgate-Palmolive, a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, with sales of products in more than 200 countries.  To learn more about Hill's and Colgate, please visit http://www.hillspet.com and http://www.colgatepalmolive.com, or find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.
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