Senior Formulation Scientist

The Senior Formulation Scientist serves as a senior technical authority within the Solutions R&D team, responsible for leading complex formulation projects from concept through commercialization. The Senior Formulation Scientist acts as a lead formulator and primary technical contact for key customer accounts, providing deep technical expertise, independent project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration.

 

As a senior individual contributor, this role supports organizational capability through technical mentorship, customer partnership, and process excellence, while operating with a high level of autonomy and scientific judgment. The Senior Formulation Scientist does not have people management responsibilities but plays a critical role in developing technical depth across the R&D function.

 

• Lead the design, optimization, and commercialization of complex formulations and create technical documents.
• Serve as a technical owner of assigned key global accounts.
• Create, review, and maintain formulation documentation, specifications, and technical deliverables.
• Support formulation scale-up activities in partnership with the R&D sample lab, manufacturing, and operations teams.
• Apply analytical, stoichiometric, and scale-up principles to formulation problem solving and optimization.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customer discussions, including unsupervised customer visits and technical presentations.
• Collaborate effectively with Sales, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Manufacturing, and other cross-functional partners on formulation initiatives.
• Participate in ECOs, ingredient substitutions, and formulation refinements to support continuous improvement.
• Support technical onboarding, training delivery, and mentorship of R&D team members.
• Serve as an internal technical resource and represent R&D in cross-functional forums or onboarding discussions.
• May provide temporary coverage for select formulation approvals or project acceptance, at the direction of the R&D Manager, to support business continuity.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of departmental and organizational objectives.
• Other duties may be assigned

• BS/BA Degree in Food Science/Nutrition/Chemistry preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in the food industry in a scientific role OR 7+ years in a food/supplement formulation role at a food/supplement company.

• Advanced formulation design expertise with production blending or process flow experience (both preferred).
• Strong understanding of formulation scalability and manufacturing constraints.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Experience working with and reading work orders and technical documentation.
• Must have competence in analytical or mathematical calculations, especially those in stoichiometric and/or scale-up processes.
• Be able to use wet chemical lab equipment, including but not limited to lab scales.
• Be able to manage large projects by themselves or with a team.

• Ability to view a computer screen and type for extended hours
• Ability to adjust work schedule as business needs require.

 

Competitive Pay – $120,000 - $135,000 annually

 

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