Job Type:

Regular

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The Innovation and Product Development Specialist plans, coordinates, and participates in product/process innovation, development and upgrading activities.

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Recognition of years of service in calculating vacation time

• Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service

• Employee assistance program

• Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.)

• Pension plan including employer contributions

• Salary range 005: 86 900$ to 108 600$ (Salary will be determined based on skills, education, training & experience related to the position.)

What’s involved in this role:

• Carries out assigned innovation, cost-reduction, portfolio optimization and product development projects aimed at bringing innovative products to market at a competitive price.

• Works collaboratively with internal partners and serves as a technical expert for departments including Marketing, Operations, Regulatory, Engineering and Procurement.

• Works collaboratively with private label and other B2B customers to align with their innovation and product development roadmaps

• Provides the category, production sites and plant industrialization lead with technical support for requests and business needs related to initiatives to reduce costs or optimize the performance of manufacturing processes, while maintaining the product’s functional integrity. 

• Helps define and maintain critical process parameters, composition targets and KPIs.

Specifically, the position’s main responsibilities are:

• Supervise, plan and carry out assigned process and/or product development projects

• Coordinate all activities at the lab, the pilot plant and the plants, up to product implementation as applicable

• Apply corporate R&D policies and procedures

• Identify new technologies of relevance for the organization

• Identify and act on opportunities to reduce costs or optimize the performance of our products and processes

• Acts as a technical resource to internal and external stakeholders

• Help analyze information to support the development of new products

• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations in coordination with Regulatory

What you need to join our team: 

• Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, food science, food engineering, biotechnology, or other relevant fields.
• 3 to 5 years of experience with processes or R&D, ideally in agri-food or pharma
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Strong interpersonal, communication skills and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Travel required (available to travel and work irregular hours)
• Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft programs
• Experience using Genesis software (asset)

Does this sound like you?
Are you up for the challenge? Apply now.

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.  

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.