Job Description
Do you consider yourself a Foodie? Developed new products in the CPG space? Let’s Start a Conversation! Food Scientist & Developer Who you’ll work for… While most companies that sell Pizza have no real connection to Italy, Palermo’s passion for food and family reaches all the way back to the country where Pizza was born. “Papa Palermo” carried the cherished recipes to America from Sicily!
Innovation is at the heart of who we are. We use an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking approach resulting in high quality products that are consistently recognized by both the industry and consumers.
Our commitment to quality has made Palermo’s a leader in private label frozen Pizza and contract manufacturing!
Perks… - 20 free Pizzas per month
- Opportunity for training and career advancement
- Paid Time Off and Floating Holiday of your choice
- 401k & Roth with company match and fully vested on the 1 st of the Month after Hire
- Fantastic benefit offering starting on the 1 st of the Month after Hire
Where you’ll work… Located in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley, Villa Palermo is a state-of-the industry manufacturing facility that adjoins our company headquarters.
Our high-tech pizza manufacturing operations include an on-site bakery to produce best-in-class crusts, robotic packaging equipment, and a 24-hour shipping and receiving facility.
When you’ll work… The Food Scientist/Developer role works at the Canal Street location in the office each day and predominantly day shift hours with occasional nights/weekends to complete projects.
What you’ll do… - New Product Development: Conceptualizing, developing, and launching new food products.
- Recipe Formulation: Creating and refining recipes to meet specific product requirements.
- Market Research: Identifying consumer preferences and food trends.
- Sensory Evaluation: Conducting taste tests and gathering sensory feedback to refine product quality.
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of food science best practices to test materials, develop formulas improvements and/or new formulas, and prepare lab sheets.
Why you’ll be successful… - Proven ability to provide support to the organization in the areas of food technology, product design, food manufacturing, and food safety.
- Utilizing knowledge from your Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Culinary and any experience with food manufacturing, major food companies or restaurant industry.
- Organized and methodical approach to problem solving – often in a time-sensitive, tight-deadline situation where accuracy is critical.
- Passionate lifelong learner with a strong interest in mastering new techniques in the culinary arts and food science.
- Team player with excellent communication skills ready to work hard to ensure the whole Palermo’s team succeeds.
How to join our team… Let us learn a little more about how you'll fit on our team
Job Tags
Contract work, Work at office, Night shift, Day shift,