Lead Cheese Technologist

Job Responsibilities

Cheese Quality:

• Provide troubleshooting and continuous improvement technical knowledge in all matters regarding cheese production / processing operations.
• Leads project activities, evaluates progress, and supports team members in the achievement of tactical projects / business objectives.
• Develop product and process specifications based on acceptable tolerance intervals, through process capability studies and statistical methods.
• Develop and implement procedures and methodology to improve efficiencies and quality.
• Provide support to many areas of the business including production operations, engineering, and R&D.
• Conducts research utilizing scientific and sound experimental methodology, while expanding and developing new technologies to deliver business results striving toward competitive, cost or technical advantage.
• Lead the identification and exploration of new process technologies with an eye towards industry innovation and trends.

Training:

• Makes presentations to sales, market, and business development personnel.
• Maintain close contact with developments in the field, obtaining information from a variety of published and unpublished sources.
• Drive best practices in cheese make, technologies and transfer knowledge into our cheese make operation plants and support external cheese supply chain initiatives.
• Train manufacturing teams to ensure that cheese make knowledge is established and integrated at all levels.
• Support the development of long-term cheese strategy and innovation roadmaps in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Serve as a resource for training and education.

Cheese Technologist:

• Serve as a resource for the company regulatory, technical departments, operation, and customers as relates to cheese know how, including cheese standards, analytical/nutritional expertise.
• Lead the development of new cheese types internally and externally with suppliers.
• Develop and support the engineering organization for cheese make related projects and supporting business case studies, and tracking project(s) execution.
• Provides technical oversight and troubleshooting support.
• Collaborates with Procurement on "out of spec" cheese types and determine/influence which site and line is best used.
• Participates in root cause investigations, corrective action planning and escalation management for cheese-related quality issues.
• Stay ahead of the latest cheese technologies and trends.
• Represents the company at industry events to oversee cheese and milk research projects.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on our operation processes.
• Make recommendations for technology adoption based on feasibility to improve quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Support business needs by working with cheese suppliers on process improvements, ultimately driving quality gains to meet business objectives in quality, cost, and profitability.
• Assure business needs are met as a technical resource for plant production, FSQA and Procurement. 
  Collaborates with plants (Operators, Supervisors, Managers, Cheese Graders) to ensure cheese make process meets quality and performance standards.
• All GLC employees are expected to perform any assignment or job task according to the stated safety policies and procedures.
• All GLC employees are expected to produce and promote our products and services in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, Policies and Procedures outlined in our Safe Quality Food Program.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the manager.
• Up to 80% travel.