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Skills:

Research and Development Associate 09/2023 - current
Abel & Schafer Inc, New York, United States
Research and Development - Bakery pre mixes.
• Collaborate with the Sales team to ensure New Product Development projects are completed on time and meet project goals. • Lead R&D projects independently or under the guidance of the R&D Manager. • Create and execute experimental designs. • Keep detailed records of prototype formulations and testing results. • Manage all commercialization activities for approved projects. • Provide technical support for key innovation and process improvement projects that support business growth. • Work with the R&D manager to identify ingredient or process technologies that will increase efficiency, reduce cost, and create more consistent product. • Manage new ingredient sourcing and qualification. • Ensure that recipes are created and maintained in internal systems. • Work collaboratively with quality control to maintain up to date product specifications and parameters. • Assist quality assurance in maintaining ingredient safety and compliance documentation. • Partner with the procurement team on ingredient and supplier rationalization initiatives. • Work with Regulatory to identify modernization opportunities in our technical databases. • Assist in the modernization of quality control testing and parameters. • Advise on sourcing of new lab equipment. • Manage product shelf-life and other on-going verification programs. • Investigate of non-compliance issues with batches or ingredients and advise on corrective action.--
Product Development specialist 08/2018 - 09/2020
Cannelle Bakery, , United States
Product development - Bakery products
• New to world bakery products(NPD). • New product lines. • Additions to the existing production lines. • Improvements/revision of the existing products/Packaging materials. • Cost Reductions of the products. • Correspondence with suppliers for new ingredients and specifications. • Conducting appropriate sensory analysis of the developed product. • Supported research and development efforts to create new products, equipment, packaging materials, and processes. • Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests. • Prepared literature for reports, presentations of research.--

Illinois Institute of Technology 01/2022 - 05/2023
, , United States
Degree: Master's Degree
Major:Masters in Food Science
Minor:Food Safety and Technology
Food Analysis, Food Packaging, Fundamentals of Food Science, Food Microbiology, HACCP

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