New Product Developer

AGRANA Fruit is proud to be a Great Place to Work® Certified™ organization, reflecting our commitment to a high-trust, collaborative, and employee-focused culture.

As the global market leader in fruit preparations, AGRANA Fruit develops innovative fruit ingredients for the refrigerated and frozen dairy, bakery, and food service industries. In fact, every third cup of yogurt consumed worldwide contains fruit prepared by AGRANA.

If you're looking to join an innovative, collaborative company where your work directly supports world-class food manufacturers, AGRANA Fruit offers an exciting opportunity to grow your career.

Position Summary

AGRANA Fruit is seeking a Product Developer to join our Product Development team at our Corporate Headquarters in Brecksville, OH. As an active member in the New Product Development team, the job owner demonstrates creativity, agility, and rigor within the product development process.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and innovation process for specific customer accounts. This involves receiving customer brief, structure of the project, required research, formula development, sample submissions, risk analysis, trial, launches and all customer contact for project follow up.
• Prioritize and manage all product development efforts within the customer team to adequately service our customers. As key asset of customer satisfaction and aligned with sales strategy, implement continuous improvement of service level in product development.
• Guarantee NPD process compliance with quality and safety guardrails and regulations,
• Comply to the raw material approval process in synergistic collaboration with Procurement Specialist function to guarantee timely availability of raw materials for product brief execution, and to support the development of new ingredients, packaging, suppliers, and raw material optimization.
• Collaborate with the Pilot Plant Team to ensure the realization of all product samples to be delivered to the customers within the requested timeframe.
• Responsible for delivering precise product trial details and collaborating with the Commercialization team to guarantee accurate and on time set up of factory trials.
• Active participation in scale up and industrial trial, contributing to new process development and improvement.
• Collaborate and align with Technical Service and Production teams for successful commercialization of new products.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of product development activities to key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Biology
• 3-5 years of food industry product development experience leading projects from concept to commercialization
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in food technology, ingredient technology and food & beverage processing.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and labelling.
• Experience in sensory analysis.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Prior SAP Experience

Benefits

AGRANA Fruit offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support the health, wellness, and financial well-being of our employees, including:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits, including wellness program
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Career development opportunities
• Collaborative, employee-focused work environment

Why Join AGRANA Fruit?

At AGRANA Fruit, you'll become part of a global organization recognized for innovation, quality, and collaboration. Our employees play an essential role in supplying leading food manufacturers around the world while enjoying opportunities for professional growth in an inclusive and supportive workplace.

Learn more about career opportunities at https://agranajobs.com/