Product Developer

Are you ready to make a real impact and grow your career in an industry that nourishes the nation? Join us at Trophy Foods Inc. in Mississauga, ON
, where exciting opportunities await you! Whether you’re looking to launch your career or take it to the next level, we offer the perfect platform to thrive in the dynamic world of food manufacturing.

At Trophy Foods, we don’t just make snacks — we craft quality products that people across the country love. From sourcing the finest ingredients to producing and packaging private label nuts, seeds, dried fruit, mixes, and confections, our team plays a key role in delivering delicious, healthy snacks to households nationwide. With our products featured in grocery stores, clubs, and mass channels, you’ll feel a sense of pride knowing the snacks you helped create are enjoyed coast-to-coast.

Now’s the time to be part of our growth and success! Ready to start or accelerate your journey with us? Come be part of something bigger at Trophy Foods!

We are looking for a Product Developer to join our dynamic team at Trophy Foods.
This position is for an existing vacancy and offers the opportunity to:

• Contribute to our mission of inspiring, creating, and delivering high-quality snacks with exceptional service.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of our customers and consumers.
• Ensure the highest standards of food safety, quality, and customer satisfaction are met.
• Uphold Trophy’s strong commitment to caring for customers, our community, and the environment.

The Product Developer will lead the development and commercialization of proprietary food products from concept through launch. Working under the guidance of the Product Development Manager, the incumbent will work with customer recipes and requests to create unique products and generate samples using a controlled and well-documented development process. The Product Developer will manage multiple development projects with little to no supervision, formulate products to meet customer and business objectives, and coordinate plant trials and first production runs.

The role requires a hands‑on approach and end-to-end ownership of assigned development work.

The role collaborates cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Procurement, Material Planning, Packaging, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Finance, and external partners to ensure successful product implementation. Additional areas of focus include ingredient evaluations, nutritional analysis, regulatory compliance, specification development, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Product Developer will also contribute to innovation initiatives and support the development of repeatable, scalable product solutions.

• Develop and reformulate products to meet targets for sensory attributes, nutrition, quality, cost, timeline, plant scalability, and customer expectations.
• Independently manage product development projects from concept through commercialization with minimal supervision.
• Lead plant trials, coordinate first production runs, develop manufacturing procedures, and troubleshoot production challenges to ensure successful scale-up and implementation.
• Create and maintain detailed, comprehensive records of formulations, process parameters, finished product results, ingredient specifications, nutritional information, and disposition of final product.
• Conduct hands‑on product testing, evaluation, sample preparation, and benchmarking activities.
• Own end‑to‑end product development activities, including weighing and preparing ingredients, hands‑on lab work, sample preparation and presentation, maintaining an organized work area,…