Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Led technical development of RTD dairy beverage lines through design of experiments, analysis of data, ingredient procurement, and commercialization support. - Established and maintained timelines and life-cycles of multiple projects in order to thoroughly communicate expectations and deliverables to all parties, internally and externally. - Led implementation of new database system to optimize workflow, version control, ingredient repository, food safety protocols, and recipe building. - Conducted shelf-life studies and sensory testing to evaluate new product lines such as RTD beverages and cultured dairy. - Collaborated cross-functionally to compile shelf-life data, maintain food safety documentation, and identify areas of improvement in scale up.
- Led technical development for new products including RTD beverages, keto marshmallows, keto marbits, and keto toaster pastries. - Established timelines and life-cycles of cereal project in order to thoroughly communicate expectations to clients. - Support cost optimization projects through sensory and quality review of ingredients and collaboration with commercialization team. - Generate nutritional specifications and pre-manufacturing documents for new products using Genesis and support label review.