Food Scientist

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

IL Downers Grove (Woodcreek Dr) Job Type: Research and Development Job Posting

Title:

Food Scientist

Tree House Foods 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.

• 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 – DevelopU – 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.

We are seeking a Food Scientist to join our R&D team at our Downers Grove/Oak Brook, Illinois corporate office. Working under limited supervision, this role is responsible for leading the development of new products, product improvements, and cost optimization initiatives across powdered beverage, creamer, and dry mix categories. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Sales, Quality, Procurement, and Operations to deliver innovative, high-quality products that meet business and customer needs.

This position offers the opportunity to lead product development from concept through commercialization while supporting innovation and continuous improvement across the organization. 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 new products, product improvements and cost savings projects.
• Defines the formulation, nutritional, and process parameters needed to develop a product which meets the project objective(s).
• Understands the impact of these parameters on the 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…