Food Scientist - Value Engineering

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:
IL Downers Grove (Woodcreek Dr)

Job Type:
Research and Development

Job Posting

Title:


Food Scientist - Value Engineering

About Us :

Tree House Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values
- Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You G ain :

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - Develop
  
  U - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:
About the Role:
The Food Scientist supports the Value Engineering team by leading the design, planning, validation, and implementation of cost savings, efficiency improvements, and consolidation projects across the Tree House Foods portfolio. Working under limited supervision, this role applies sound scientific methods from bench development through commercialization, ensuring project objectives are met while maintaining product quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

The Food Scientist is responsible for defining formulation, nutritional, and process parameters, executing lab and plant trials, analyzing data, and developing solutions that achieve business goals. This position partners cross-functionally with Division R&D, QA, Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Business Unit leads to ensure alignment, while also providing technical oversight during internal and external plant trials and start-ups.

In addition to strong technical expertise, the Food Scientist brings effective project management and communication skills to influence outcomes, support customer meetings, and generate pipeline opportunities that drive cost optimization through formulation and processing efficiencies. This role requires an aptitude for technical leadership, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to manage multiple projects across product categories.

You'll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Under limited supervision, works collaboratively in the execution of development from bench to production scale for cost saving projects, product improvements, and consolidation efforts throughout the Tree House portfolio.
• Defines the formulation, nutritional and process parameters needed to develop a product which meets the project objective(s). Understands the impact of these parameters to overall project.
• Applies sound scientific methods in all stages of development. Including planning and executing trials, analyzing data and defining solutions to achieve project goals.
• Identifies opportunities for competitive market advantage
• Provide judgement and experience to assure that an appropriate level of technical knowledge and discipline are being applied and utilized in business decisions
• Partner and communicate effectively with cross-functional groups
• Ensure the transfer of technology to the operations team when commercializing products. Provide technical oversight of internal and external manufacturing start-ups and ongoing technical service
• Contribute significantly and continually to attain results through the generation and application of advanced, specialized knowledge
• Generate and support pipeline work to drive cost optimization through…