• Los Angeles, California
• Food
• 90~130K
• Full Time regular employee
•  8:00~17:00
•  Visa Support: Yes

Job Description

Position
R & D Senior Food Technologist

Summary
This company is one of the largest Japanese food distributeors in the US.  Its distribution network has expanded in step with market growth, stretching across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Essential Duties

 ​​​​​​• Make new formulas and samples for developing of products.
• Get technical documents for developing products from vendors.
• Preparing the package label design for developing products with designers.
• Review technical documents and label designs, and request updates for them.
• Communicate with QC team to get approval for the documents and the design.
• Monitor the progress of product development projects.
• Looking for new facilities for products and checking it.
• Monitor market products, competitors' products, and prices.
• Exploring new product ideas.
• Obtaining samples from the market and vendors.
• Taste and evaluate samples and report them to Product Managers.
• Checking Federal Food Safety Regulations for compliance, e.g. FDA, USDA,
Proposition 65 in California etc.
• Other tasks as necessary to ensure smooth and compliant operations.

Working Hours, Working style
8:00~17:00

Woking Location
Los Angeles, CA

Salary/Benefit
90K~130K ​​
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for employees and their dependents
401k matching
Profit Sharing
Annual bonus

Holidays
Sat, Sun, National holiday

Qualifications
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​•Japanese and English - Business level
​​​​​​​• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in food science or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of working experience for product development or Quality Assurance in food industries with a good knowledge of FDA food regulation
• In-depth Knowledge of Japanese Foods
• Ability to cook Asian cuisines and make recipes for them.
• Knowledge of foods and additives ingredients
 

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