Formulation Scientist- Franklin, TN

Job description

A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there's more to being in business than just making a profit. That's the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it's never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It's about how you can grab everything that's within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It's about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we'll all be a little better off. It's that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN'S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

There are 3 openings for this Formulation Scientist role in Franklin, TN!

Purpose of Role

The position is responsible for the development and deployment of new product recipes for canine and feline dry, wet and care & treat products within NA. The position is responsible to support the maintenance of and continuous improvement of recipes for all NA production sites. This position is responsible for working strategically and co-functionally to provide formulation and technical support for existing products, lead new product development and raw material development while maintaining quality design and delivering desired product performance to both the consumer and pet. The position provides close cross-functional partnership with other R&D functions, Supply and Commercial to enable the successful delivery of the business OGSM. The role operates in a pet friendly, open office environment supporting pet nutrition.

Principal Accountabilities

·  Support innovation, renovation and continuous improvement projects by providing recipes, raw materials and formulation support enabling the delivery of product performance targets and attributes.
·  Support the development and implementation of recipes and raw materials in the factory consistent with business processes and company standards.
·  Support quarterly recipe optimization cycles and report on quality and cost.
·  Design and implement raw material testing plans enabling most efficient use of budget available.
·  Responsible to support continuous improvement plan looking at improving our nutritional conformity in line with the set business targets.
·  Responsible to understand supplier capabilities to deliver against our specification targets and drive continuous improvement programs at the site level looking at improving consistency.
·  Responsible to deliver agreed DIB projects and initiatives.
·  Responsible for crisis management when impacting raw materials and recipes of our NA sites.
·  Demonstrate a quality culture in actions, words and spirit.
·  Decisions
·  Ownership of recipe software’s nutrient matrix including decisions on the analytical values of incoming raw materials which impact formula cost and affect finished product proximate values.
·  Acceptance Testing of new vendors raw materials including deciding on the test plans and making final recommendation on acceptance of new vendors material.
·  Raw material testing plan
·  Recommendations
·  Product renovation, cost and quality improvement programs
·  Exception management

Key Functional Skills/Knowledge

·  Strong knowledge in animal nutrition.
·  Strong knowledge in feed/petfood formulation and nutritional content of raw materials.
·  Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes used to produce feed and petfood ingredients.
·  Strong knowledge of US regulation in regards to raw material usage, safe limits and restriction of usage.
·  Understanding of Petfood consumers, market opportunities, recipes, raw materials and processes constraints.
·  Strong ability to work in multicultural teams and with people coming from different discipline and business areas.
·  Demonstrated excellence in project management and capability to lead cross-functional projects.
·  Intellectually curious to find and develop opportunities.
·  Highly motivated and committed to deliver business results.
·  Ability to communicate and transfer knowledge to others in various forms (presentations, reports, training…)

Minimum Requirements:

·  Masters degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science Technology, Animal Nutrition OR Bachelors degree with 5+ years experience in R&D related roles.
·  Minimum 3 year experience in research and development and/or technical role in the field of raw materials in a business environment and/or recipe formulation.
·  Experience in animal nutrition.
·  Travel up to 10%.

Preferred Requirements:

·  Strong knowledge in animal nutrition.
·  Strong knowledge in feed/petfood formulation and nutritional content of raw materials.
·  Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes used to produce feed and petfood ingredients.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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