Beverage Developer - Food Services

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Full Time Professional LM-Vista, Vista, CA, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $ Annually

Vibrant Ingredients seeks a highly skilled and detail-oriented Beverage Developer to support the growth of the Food Service Beverage business.

• 8+ years’ experience with a proven track record of sales in the beverage categories
• Experience in Coffee would be an advantage
• Ability to produce a Food service beverage from concept to commercialization
• Excellent technical execution and project management skills
• Highly developed organizational skills
• Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels of the organization
• Great presentation skills and a love for customers are necessary
• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Develop food service beverage solutions for customers including coffee, tea, and refresher type products that are cost‑effective, stable, and utilize the breadth of the Vibrant Ingredient portfolio (functional ingredients, coffee & tea extracts, flavors). Complete stability testing, documentation, costing, and support commercialization.
• Manage and drive projects to a successful outcome
• Multitask and prioritize projects
• Develop Technical‑to‑Technical relationships with customers
• Support customer visits with sales
• Participate in life‑cycle management of products focusing on reducing costs and maximizing margin, completing all necessary stability testing
• Support Innovation presentations, ideation, and rapid prototyping
• Support production runs of new products for select customers
• Develop a wide range of beverage applications with experience in product processing (pasteurization, homogenization, hot‑fill, indirect and direct steam processing, carbonation, canning)
• Follow basic GLP, ISO procedures, safety, lab notebooks, and/or other electronic record‑keeping
• May supervise technicians

• Science degree (preferably in Food Science or Food Engineering) from a reputable school
• Proven track record of success in beverage development in the Food Service or beverage industry
• Full working knowledge of beverage development
• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and delivery technologies
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Good computer software skills including MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.) and Salesforce