Stability Study Coordinator

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification and recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and a Best Workplace in Manufacturing and Production.

We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

Primarily responsible for maintaining real-time and accelerated stability studies and conducting sensory panels on finished goods. This includes branded, licensed, and contract items. This position is also responsible for coordinating with our QC department to submit samples for external testing and reporting, in conjunction with the Jel Sert Formulation Scientist Group.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Setting up stability studies in our system and maintaining a log of all active tests.
• Coordinate bench samples for formulation scientists to evaluate across all product categories.
• Timely organization of sensory panels with analysis and reports to be reviewed by formulation scientists.

• Follow all testing procedures
• Extensive data entry and comprehension
• Collaborate with formulation scientists and QA documentation to submit samples for external testing.
• Comprehend and enter report data from external testing for formulation scientist review.
• Create SQF Audit-ready end-of-stability test reports.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

The minimum compensation for the Stability Study Coordinator is $26.26 per hour.

Compensation is determined by a candidate's experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. The actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in food or beverage manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, laboratory operations, R&D/Product Development, or a related technical environment preferred, sensory science experience a plus.
• Experience coordinating or supporting product stability, shelf-life, laboratory testing, sensory evaluation, product quality, or related technical programs preferred, along with sensory evaluation skills, be able to set up, conduct, and analyze results.
• Coordinating stability, shelf-life, laboratory, or product testing programs required.
• Prior experience with shelf-stable food and beverage products, powdered products, beverage mixes, liquid products, freezer pops, gelatin or dessert mixes, or similar categories preferred.
• Working knowledge of food and beverage product stability and shelf-life principles, including physical, chemical, microbiological, sensory, ingredient, processing, environmental, and packaging factors that may influence product quality over time.
• Managing technical data, study schedules, sample inventories, laboratory records, or other detail-oriented technical programs required.
• Familiarity with real-time and accelerated stability study principles and the appropriate application and limitations of accelerated testing.
• Understanding of common food and beverage analytical and physical measurements, including pH, acidity, moisture, water activity, color, texture, viscosity, and sensory characteristics.
• Experience in compiling and organizing trends and interpreting technical data and recognizing changes or patterns that may require additional evaluation or investigation.
• Experience utilizing Genesis
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in food science, food technology, sensory science, chemistry, or biology required.

• Strong written communication skills with the ability to prepare clear, concise, accurate, and technically sound study…