Application Scientist

The Application Scientist is a critical role in the Health Applications team supporting key application and formulation development for customer and internal innovation projects. This role manages the technical relationship with specific Dietary Supplement and Pharmaceutical customers in support of growing the business and developing a pipeline of opportunities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To succeed in this position, the candidate should be able to perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:
Identify, assess, develop and modify new product or application concepts and/or technologies to provide solutions to identified (customer) problems.
Manage projects from technical perspective focusing on application development and cost improvements aligned with the regional and global segment strategies and execution plans.
Implement standards across the projects and communicate the project progress and outcomes.
Ensure good documentation of technical development plan, project risks, compliance, product related documents, etc.
Technical resource to sales professionals, customers and other internal/external partners, for examples, contract manufacturers, quality, regulation and operation.
Contribute to translating product data into effective marketing and sales tools, provide product or technical training as needed.
Provide application/formulation solutions to new and existing customers of formats ranging from capsules, sticks/sachets, bulk powders, oil drops, tablets and beyond.
Design and execute technical experiments from benchtop to pilot scale including hygroscopic evaluation, powder characteristic, capsule and tablet forming and evaluation and so on.
Support product commercialization from Formulation into Pilot plant and Finished Format Solutions.
Identify and maintain internal and external networking with global Application, R&D, Regulation, Quality, Suppliers, Contract manufacture and so on.

Job Requirements

Master’s degree with 7+ years, or PhD with 4+ years in Pharmaceutical or Food Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Life Sciences.

Proven track record of accomplishments in dietary supplement or pharmaceutical formulation and Tech Service or product development experience with Probiotic as evidenced by the impact of customers interactions.

Important skills,

• Application of Methodologies & Analysis, Judgement and Decision making
• Problem Solving & Competent in mathematical and statistical analysis
• Technical Knowledge of Products and Applications
• Project Management
• Written & Oral Communication
• Able to work with a high degree of autonomy while remaining a team player
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Global travel up to 15%

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience with probiotic powders
• Deep understanding of formats and raw material suppliers and grades of materials for dietary supplement and/or pharmaceutical applications
• Experience in a Dietary supplement or Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Understanding of Dietary supplement or pharmaceutical regulatory requirements
• Good understanding of packaging materials and analytical methods to assess performance
• Practical experience scaling-up processes from lab through commercial scale

About Madison, WI

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We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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