About the role
EuroPastry is hiring 1 R&D Administrator position in New Brunswick, NJ. Annual salary: $70,000–$75,000. Employment: Full-time. Maintain product, experiment, ingredient and formula records, prepare reports, and coordinate administrative support for the research and development team.
Responsibilities
• Schedule R&D meetings and prepare agendas, recaps, reports and project updates. • Manage new product requests from Sales, maintain project and experiment logs, and support new product experiments. • Coordinate customer samples and shipments, organize bake-offs and report next steps. • Support the Kosher OU approval program for ingredients and finished goods. • Obtain ingredient technical documents, research new ingredients and communicate with vendors. • Perform child nutrition and whole-grain analyses and respond to related customer inquiries. • Initiate new items and SKUs; maintain experiment folders, formulas and specifications. • Respond to ingredient and product inquiries from Sales, Marketing, customers and consumers. • Work across departments on cost-of-goods calculations and special projects. Follow company safety policies and GMP requirements.
Qualifications
• Associate degree or equivalent work experience required. • Two to four years of R&D support experience, preferably in food manufacturing. • Culinary, pastry, food science or related manufacturing background preferred. • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. • Strong verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills. • Ability to work independently, take initiative and solve problems in a fast-paced environment. • Ability to interpret and follow instructions, technical documents, correspondence and procedures.