Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Food Science or related scientific field

• Conceive, design, conduct and lead formulation development efforts for challenging global projects to make them feasible and ready for commercial production.
• Plan and execute experimental designs of medium complexity to optimize the nutrient, microbiological, organoleptic and physical quality of new and/or improved products while adhering to relevant internal and external constraints. Share and consider follow up to observations.
• Interpret test results and develop conclusions and action plans. Communicate through verbal updates and written reports.
• Act as lead product developer on cross-functional business teams including Marketing, Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Regulatory and Legal. Lead project Technical Team meetings
• Enter formulations into development systems
• May lead teams of up to three direct reports