Product Formulation Scientist

Job Description:

There is an exciting opportunity to join the R&D team within the innovation function as the Product Formulation Scientist. The position is responsible for maintaining the competitiveness of the C&T product portfolio of Pet Nutrition North America in terms of nutritional compliance, shelf‑life & pet product performance, as well as enabling delivery of CSL in partnership with Supply & Commercial through recipe reformulation, site troubleshooting support, NSQs (New Supplier Qualifications) and addressing business continuity and resilience initiatives.

The position also performs critical contributions to the Value leadership & Climate programs of Pet Nutrition North America.

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering or Chemistry
• Experience in a Food Manufacturing environment working in Quality, Food Safety, Engineering or Product/Process development.
• 4 + years of experience in R&D Product Development and/or Formulation within the pet industry.
• Knowledge of product development and formulation from bench top to production & commercialization.
• Prior experience must include functionality of raw materials, product design, use of formulation systems, and product maintenance in an operating environment.
• Strong ability to work cross functionally with people in other disciplines and/or business areas.

• Formulate & deliver product recipes of current portfolio to the PNNA factory network for the C&T technology to enable manufacturing of products that are safe, legal, and compliant with the corresponding finished product specification (including short‑term raw material shortages & controlled recipe changes, in collaboration with Supply & Commercial).
• Own Product/Formulation deliverables for prioritized NSQs (New Supplier Qualifications).
• Own Product/Formulation deliverables for prioritized business continuity initiatives, including those related to Technical Risk Assessments & Concessions.
• Own Product/Formulation deliverables for prioritized resilience initiatives.
• Run quarterly recipe optimization program and report on quality and cost.
• Lead agreed Value Leadership projects.
• Actively participate in Value Leadership (VL) pipeline generation, owning the VL Formulation target and plan.
• Lead agreed CAP (Climate Action Plan) projects.
• Actively participate in Climate Action Plan pipeline generation, led by Commercial.
• Drive verification of finished product nutritional compliance across time through definition & execution of the Sentinels program (including corresponding reformulation).
• Drive verification of finished product shelf life as per applicable technical standard.
• Collaborate with Process-CB and site‑based PPIs to support factory troubleshooting following the site escalation process.
• Drive gap closure (including RCA [Root Cause Analysis]) for PPP (Pet Product Performance) outages identified in the annual monitoring program (palatability, digestibility, feces quality) in collaboration with Q&FS, Process-CB and CTI.
• As needed, consult Product Formulation to define gap closure strategies when root cause goes beyond existing framework.

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in‑house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.