Senior Manager of Process Engineering & Technical Services

Collinwood is assisting our client, a growing manufacturer of food/beverage/supplement ingredients, in their effort to hire a Senior Manager of Process Engineering & Technical Services.

In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end technical support of ingredients within our client's product portfolio. You will lead process scale-up, manufacturing support, technical transfer, process validation, supplier/coman technical oversight, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement for nutraceutical ingredient manufacturing operations. You will ensure that all products follow quality and regulatory standards while supporting the delivery of on-schedule, cost-effective production at both internal and external manufacturing sites.

You'll partner cross-functionally to lead food ingredient manufacturing efforts from feasibility and product scale-up to commercial production, assess new raw material and co-manufacturing suppliers, drive continuous improvement initiatives, provide support to contract manufacturers, and act as a technical liaison across internal and external stakeholders.

• Responsible for technical process development, optimization, and troubleshooting across internal and contract manufacturing operations
• Responsible for process qualification through all stages from pilot to commercial scale-up and ongoing process verification, ensuring relevant standards are maintained throughout
• Supports day-to-day operations to ensure the manufacturing process is maintained in a validated state, consistently meeting applicable cGMP, quality, and regulatory requirements
• Provides technical leadership in the investigation and resolution of manufacturing deviations, process failures, and performance issues
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives that improve cycle time, productivity, process robustness, gross margin, and production capacity
• Develops and maintains technical documentation supporting manufacturing processes, ensuring compliance with Quality and regulatory standards

• Partners with raw material suppliers to understand upstream manufacturing processes, identify sources of variability, and drive improvements that enhance raw material quality, cost, and consistency
• Evaluates and develops pre- or post-processing approaches to optimize incoming raw materials for downstream manufacturing performance and product quality
• Supports technical qualification/validation and ongoing monitoring of key raw material suppliers, including specification alignment, process capability evaluation, and continuous improvement

• Provide technical oversight of contract manufacturing operations to ensure processes remain validated and consistently meet defined critical quality attributes and process performance targets
• Lead and support technical transfer of manufacturing processes to CMOs, including process scale-up, process qualification, and commercial readiness
• Serve as primary technical liaison between company and CMOs for manufacturing, ensuring timely resolution of process deviations, investigation, and technical issues that impact product/supply
• Monitor and trend process performance at CMOs (yield, deviations, purity, etc.) to identify opportunities for process improvement
• Partner with Supply Chain and Quality to evaluate and qualify new CMOs and raw material suppliers that meet technical requirements of use
• Establish and maintain process documentation and technical packages required for technology transfer

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field;
  Master's preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of progressive manufacturing, process engineering, or technical operations within dietary ingredient, dietary supplement, nutraceutical/food, or specialty chemical manufacturing.
• Must have some experience in food/food ingredient/nutraceutical manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience in process scale-up, technology transfer, and commercial manufacturing support
• Hands-on experience managing both internal sites and external contract manufacturers (CMOs)
• Experience with industrial-scale batch or continuous processing; distillation experience is a plus.
• Experience with process development, process qualification, or technology transfer activities in regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience with natural products/botanicals a plus

• Strong understanding of cGMP requirements and food safety frameworks, including 21 CFR 117, HACCP, FSMA (familiarity with global requirements a plus)
• Strong technical and leadership capabilities in both manufacturing execution and process development ( development, scale-up, optimization and troubleshooting)
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives across operations, quality, supply chain, and external partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access); project management tools a plus.
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