This is an excellent opportunity to work for a company that has a strong focus on employee value and contribution. The company fosters a culture of innovation and consistency, ensuring employees feel part of a mission-driven team, while providing opportunity for personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities
Drive the formulation and development of new bakery products, ensuring excellence in taste, texture, and quality.
Stay current with advancements in bakery science; analyze ingredient functionality and resolve production-related quality issues.
Apply expertise in formulation, food science, manufacturing, and commercialization to engineer, reverse-engineer, or develop products that meet customer needs.
Lead the ideation, creation, assessment, and validation of formulations from bench-top trials through full-scale commercialization.
Review and approve nutritional data to ensure compliance and accuracy.
Assist in drafting and maintaining product specifications.
Conduct and oversee consumer testing, sensory evaluations, and shelf-life studies.
Partner with cross-functional teams to support new product launches and process improvement initiatives, serving as both subject matter expert and collaborative team member.
Champion a culture of innovation by introducing new ideas and formulation concepts for both existing and future products.
Collaborate closely with Food Safety & Quality, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Procurement teams.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
3-5 years as a Food Scientist
Bachelors Degree in the Sciences or Culinary
Experience in baking of yeast raised dough is ideal
Experience with plant trials and scale up
Ability to mentor a team
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Elk Grove Village, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $100000.00/yr.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance Retirement plan Paid vacation and holidays
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Elk Grove Village,IL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 19, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.
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