Associate Scientist Foods Product Development

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE OF THE JOB

As a member of the Condiments R&D team, you will support the R&D activities required to deliver the Condiments program, ranging from innovation, product superiority and margin enhancement. You will work as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver the brand’s business objectives.

You love to win and have fun doing it:
You are passionate about product development and customer/consumer focused. You are comfortable with multi-tasking and operating in a fast paced, multi-faceted, and multi-cultural environment.

You’re a dot connector: you are a problem solver who breaks an issue into smaller parts to examine them. You build and manage relationships with cross-functional teams, key stakeholders, and strategic vendor partners to enable progress.

You’re a paradox navigator: you leverage your technical knowledge and experience, awareness of culinary and product trends and consumer insights to deliver superior new products that meet the project and business deliverables.

You’re a change maker: you can identify and address emerging issues as well as set and manage priorities and continuously improve processes and practices.

• Execute agreed R&D activities to deliver the brand’s program, ranging from innovation, product superiority, and margin enhancement.
• Work as a member of a cross-functional project team to deliver projects on time in full.

• Independently design products against simple product briefs, design/execute test protocols for the various technical aspects of projects as required (e.g., prototype development and scale-up, shelf‑life testing, analytical testing, etc.).
• Lead the process of specification/label creation in SAP PLM from the request to the approved status.

• Actively participate and/or represent R&D in cross-functional meetings.
• Assess feasibility of new ideas and troubleshoot activities where formulation knowledge is essential.
• Support technical investigations using root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving techniques as required for existing and new products.

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with R&D, Supply Chain and Marketing teams, customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in food product development, R&D, or a similar technical role (internships or trainee ships are highly valued).
• Basic knowledge of food formulation, ingredients functionality, and processing techniques.
• Hands‑on experience with laboratory testing, prototype development, or pilot plant work.
• Familiarity with food safety, quality standards, and regulatory requirements (labeling knowledge is a plus).
• Exposure to cross‑functional teamwork and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a structured approach to experimentation and data interpretation.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $59,300 to $88,900. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long‑Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits.

Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.