Process Development Manager

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking, using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients, complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you’re looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

The Process Development Manager is responsible for MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP of the transition of new recipes into production, owning new product launches in production and providing support to ensure consistent product quality through the products lifecycle, working collaboratively with members of the Process Development, Operations, Culinary, QA and Procurement teams. The site Process Development Technologist will be a direct report

New Product Development

Management & development of local process team

Develops manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment

Collaborate with Culinary Team on all new recipes for local factory to ensure capabilities and product expectations are presented properly to our customers

Highlight risks from a manufacturing and quality aspect to be brought to entire cross functional team

Responsible for full approval of recipes from Culinary Team to move forward to factory trials

Manufacturing formula management, delegating R&D recipes transition to factory ready manufacturing recipes with Senior Technologist

Recipe Scale up, Written Procedures for all Manual Kettles in multiple languages, & Recipe Management creation for all kettle types

Direct Process Team for all work on Pre-Production Trials, Launches to ensure recipe scale up is successful

Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods; testing finished- product and process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.

Monitor product yields of new launches & trials to further assess risks of new and up coming projects

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Assist Culinary in evaluation of alternate or substitute ingredients

Support the cross functional team with proposed product changes through trials and updating systems as needed

Make recommendations for equipment improvements or investments

Support process team in all Product & Process Optimization projects

Work with cross functional teams to ensure all projects are approved by each department.

Work with sales, process, & QA teams to investigate customer complaints & provide feedback for the customer.

Organize testing, done by team, on the products as needed and…