Senior Food Application Scientist

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Balchem Corporation, and its subsidiaries, offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Balchem is committed to making the world a healthier place by delivering trusted, innovative, and science-based solutions for the health and nutritional needs of the world. Balchem employs approximately 1,400 employees worldwide who provide the service, quality, and technology that enables our customers to win with their customers. We have built a reputation for delivering results to all of our stakeholders.

Founded in 1967, Balchem, a Maryland corporation, became a publicly-traded company in 1970 and is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “BCPC.” Our corporate headquarters is located in Montvale, New Jersey, and we have a broad network of sales offices, manufacturing sites, and R&D centers, primarily located in the U.S. and Europe. The Company consists of three business segments:
Human Nutrition and Health, Animal Nutrition and Health, and Specialty Products.

The Senior Food Scientist position, within the Applications R&D team, will leverage scientific training and industrial experience to find technical solutions to manufacturing challenges in the bakery space by applying scientific rigor to address known issues. This role is expected to tackle projects with significant technical complexity, ensuring diligence in the development, scale-up, and commercialization of innovative products that deliver on business goals.

The position requires a strong ability to work cross-functionally to set goals and timetables, drive innovation, and support commercialization efforts. Additionally, this individual will support execution of local and global strategies and business initiatives while providing technical expertise to internal and external customers.

• Lead and champion a culture of safety across all activities.
• Lead multiple complex projects while ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and alignment with customer and business goals.
• Collaborate with the commercial team and other R&D teams to translate unmet consumer needs into actionable scientific and technological insights in both domestic and international markets
• Design and execute experiments to create technical application data supporting the business's commercial strategy.
• Exhibit conceptual, creative and analytic problem solving – the ability to break down complex issues and simplify by focusing on what matters.
• Provide technical support to customers, sales teams, and internal departments on products and technologies.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and other R&D teams to achieve cross-functional business objectives that may include cost reduction initiatives, production efficiencies, and quality improvements.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and developments in bakery products, fostering strong relationships with customers, research institutions, and industry organizations.
• Serve as a technical expert, solving broader business issues through science and technology strategies.
• Develop new product ideas and concepts for demos and trade shows in multiple applications (bakery, confectionary, etc) with an emphasis on incorporation of Balchem ingredients in new and unique ways that align with current trends.
• Support and mentor other scientists within the R&D organization.
• Deliver written and oral reports on project status, experimental results, and technical recommendations.
• Take an independent and disciplined approach to organizing work activity, prioritizing tasks, and analysis; seek out additional projects and activities to drive the business forward
• Ensure the integrity of the R&D laboratory through accurate record-keeping,…