Developed food and beverage products across all categories with taste as the primary qualitative driver.Supported, trained, and onboarded junior product development staff.Maintained relationships with external suppliers, co-manufacturers, subcontractors, and clients.Maintained a deep understanding of commercial processing, food stability and shelf life, ingredient costs, nutritional targets, and packaging considerations.Supported the scale-up and commercialization of products across a wide variety of applications.Wrote finished product specifications and project status reports.Prioritized and managed between 5-7 active projects at a time.Facilitated qualitative and quantitative consumer research.Worked seamlessly within a cross functional team in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.Managed equipment maintenance, facility maintenance, ingredient storage, and shipping/receiving.Completed 17+ product launches across 2 ½ years.

Developed food and beverage products across all categories with taste as the primary qualitative driver.Supported junior product development staff.Supported the scale-up and commercialization of products across a wide variety of applications.Prioritized and managed between 2-4 active projects at a time.

Supported senior product developers with development of food and beverage products across all categories with taste as the primary qualitative driver.

Worked with breads and breakfast pastries. Filled orders for amenities/events. Prepped and plated desserts for the two restaurants on site.

Catered events, interacted with guests, performed live demos, prepared/served 3 course meals in the Branch House Restaurant.