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Overview Are you a foodie and love cookies, muffins and pancakes? Are you looking for a company where we place high value on teamwork, collaboration, and innovation? If you want to gain experience and grow your career with a successful international company, Cerelia Bakery Canada (Formerly English Bay Batter) invites you to apply. We are currently looking to add team members to our facility in Mississauga, ON. About Cerelia Bakery Canada: We develop and produce high-quality products including fresh & frozen cookie dough and muffin batter in pre-portion sizes and scoop-and-bake pails for the foodservice industry, as well as in-store bakeries of North American grocery, mass and club stores. Our baked gourmet cookies and muffins are distributed through multiple channels, including quick service restaurants. Refrigerated products including cookie, pastry and biscuit dough are sold to North American Grocery Stores in formats including canister, chub, break-and-bake and place-and-bake. Our Research and Development is ongoing to introduce new products to complement our bakery lines. We are an aggressive, flexible company focused on quality that satisfies customer needs and marketplace demands. Most importantly, we are GROWING. As we grow, our team members grow with us! The Role As a member of the R&D team, the R&D Product Manager works in our Innovation Centre, using knowledge of food ingredients, food science, and consumer marketing insights to identify and develop new bakery products and formulas to meet customer and business unit product strategies. This role scales up lab prototypes, through pilot plant production, and full commercialization. It also conducts shelf life, sensory, product performance, and quality attribute testing, culminating in new product technical information including production specifications and final recipes for P&L and trial records. Essential Job Duties Organize and manage new product ideas and concepts from lab prototype samples to plant trials and full commercialization. Develop processing and technical requirements for scale up. Coordinate first production run product evaluations and approvals. Assist in the development of new cookie products from concept approval, formulation, product development, plant trial runs to launch and post-launch review by collaborating with sales, project management, QA and production. Manage product development technical relationships with internal and external customers. Assume the role of innovator and project leader, demonstrating initiative, creativity, and thoroughness in the execution of complex projects. Conduct shelf life, sensory, product performance, and quality attribute testing as part of the development process. Generate new product technical information including production specifications. Develop cooking instructions for the products. Assist Regulatory with development of nutrition facts, allergen labeling and ingredient declaration. Provide ongoing technical support to Sales for new product introductions. Prepare product sales samples. Collaborate with R&D and Marketing to develop innovative concepts and recipes. Continuous improvement: Improve current products regarding cost and quality. Source new ingredients, build vendor relationships, and participate in supplier innovation days. Monitor market trends via trade journals and competitor trips to predict future focus and submit creative ideas. Lead benchmark sessions with the sales team to ensure updated product market follow-up. Maintain a clean and organized R&D Innovation center/Kitchen with traceability of ingredients used in the lab. Provide product presentations to customers, participate in exhibitions, and bring culinary expertise to product staging. What you bring to the table Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or related scientific field Minimum of 68 years of experience in a similar R&D role Experience in New Product Development, commercial food processing, project management, technical report writing, and ingredient sourcing. Creative, detail-oriented, problem solver. Proficiency with Word, Excel and Genesis. Hands-on lab experience developing food products with the ability to operate typical laboratory equipment and instruments used in product development. Team attitude and cooperation. Experience working with cross-functional teams to develop and commercialize new food/beverage products. Core Competencies Service Oriented: Becomes knowledgeable of our business and understands relationships between customers, suppliers, and Cerelia. Focuses on resolving customer issues and improving processes. Initiative: Takes action to improve performance and address needs, questioning the status quo and following through to resolution. Information Seeking: Investigates information and opinions to gain insight and make well-informed decisions. Listening, Understanding & Responding: Interacts effectively with staff, customers and external contacts; builds rapport and trust across the organization. Flexibility: Adapts to diverse situations and groups, adjusting approach as needed. Self-confidence: Willing to take on new challenges with enthusiasm; views difficult situations as learning opportunities. Results Orientation: Meets or exceeds project deadlines; maintains high quality and efficiently uses time and resources. Team Work: Works cooperatively to generate ideas, build consensus, and deliver results. What you will receive in return Annual base pay of CAD$95K$105K Annual Bonus of 10% Fully employer-paid Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life 3 Weeks Paid Vacation 4 Paid Floater Days per year RRSP match Clean and safe production facility Friendly working environment Career advancement opportunities If you are eager and excited to work with a company driven by quality, commitment to excellence, and an awesome product, we want to hear from you! Job Type: Full-time #J-18808-Ljbffr