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Job Description
- Assist with and develop a variety of dry mix sports product development projects with learning and development opportunities.
- Assist in formulating new products and making Table Tops.
- Assist in nutrition labeling and regulatory affairs for Canada, US, Europe, Middle East and other countries.
- Monitors trends in sports nutrition industry to propose and focus on future projects.
- Develop and implements standard operating procedures for laboratories.
- Performs manual and automated testing in accordance with SOPs.
Job Requirements
- Possess excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Good practical knowledge of GMP, HACCP and Food Safety.
- Knowledge of ingredients, nutrition, calculation of nutrition, current CFIA and FDA knowledge on Dietary Supplements
- Practical experience of Genesis (Nutrition Software) would be considered an asset.
- Possess ability to work independently as well as work effectively within a team.
- Positive, can-do attitude and deliver great customer service.
- Detail oriented and has exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information as well as high level of accuracy with information.
- Ability to commit to a full time weekly schedule
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, wire services, media monitoring software, and other public relation tools.
- Ability to work in a Research and Development lab/pilot plant with frequent exposure to protein and other powdery products, food products (including granulated products), and food science tools. Frequent exposure to food powders is possible.
- Maintain appropriate testing control and quality assurance procedures.
- Perform sensory evaluation of raw materials.
- Assist in designing and maintaining experiment records.
- Assist product development manager in the writing specifications for the manufacturing/production processes, instrumentation and equipment, from lab through production scale-up to meet product/process design requirements.
- Assist in performing analysis of data collected from various experiments for Product Evaluation.
- Coordinate/assist with special projects.
- Manage sample and documentation requests with lab and suppliers for new ingredients, organize documentation
- Maintain accurate sourcing data, liaison for new ingredients with R&D and Purchasing teams
- Review documentation for new ingredients to ensure compliance to set standards and specific requirements
- Regularly reach out to new and current suppliers to inquire about trends and innovation
- Enter all approved formulations and raw ingredients into SAP for production/handle all formula and raw material updates.
