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Requisition ID :499768
Senior Fermentation Scientist, Process R&D
The IFF Nutrition & Biosciences plant located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA manufactures a variety of food products and ingredients used in everyday foods, many of them found in local grocery stores including: starter cultures used in the production of cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, sour cream; probiotic cultures used in dietary supplements for their health promoting effects on the digestive and immune systems of humans and animals; and other food ingredients such as natural antioxidants and preservatives for food preservation and enzymes used in cheese manufacturing.
We are looking for a Senior Fermentation Scientist to join our Process R&D Probiotics, Cultures, Food Protection Team. The candidate selected will be responsible for research, development, and new product execution for our Probiotics Health Business. This position will have knowledge of fermentation, scale-up and microbial physiology. This role will consult with stakeholders within R&D, Manufacturing Technology, Operations, Supply Chain and Quality Assurance to improve productivity and performance of current strains and commercialize new products.
Essential functions of this role include:
- Apply knowledge of microbial physiology, biochemistry, metabolism, and process development to improve strain productivity and performance.
- Develop, test, and optimize fermentation conditions and parameters to produce probiotic strains.
- Facilitate the transfer of technology and processes developed in the lab to pilot and commercial manufacturing.
- Evaluate variables impact on performance with statistical design of experiment.
- Strong project management skills to ensure that process development outcomes deliver against targeted commercial metrics and milestones.
- Work collaboratively with the team to evaluate strains and provide feedback on strain performance.
- Communicate results of experiments with colleagues and Business stakeholdersthrough presentation and technical documentation
- Patent search and interpretation.
A successful candidate will possess the following:
- PhD in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Microbiology, Biochemistry or related field or Master's degree with minimum of 5+ years of related work experience
- Fundamental understanding of microbial fermentations (lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria physiology preferred), freeze-drying and/or spray-drying technology, and process equipment function.
- Ability to independently design, carry-out, and report the results of scientific experiments.
- Experience and understanding of various analytical equipment/methods (HPLC, Gallery, Flow Cytometry, etc.).
- Experience calculating statistics and knowledge of statistical software (R, Prism, or JMP).
- Strong project leadership and project management including project planning, project execution, and stakeholder alignment.
- Strong communication (verbal and written), organizational, and interpersonal skills.
We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
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Nearest Major Market: Madison
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