Formula Governance Scientist

The Formula Governance Scientist plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity, compliance, and efficiency of product formulation processes through data-driven oversight and AI-enabled decision support tools. This role supports innovation pipelines, regulatory adherence, and continuous improvement initiatives by managing and analyzing formula datasets, implementing AI-assisted approval workflows, and developing digital tools to accelerate innovation. The ideal candidate is detail and data analytic oriented, proactive, and passionate about improve and automatize processes and driving innovation in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure all formulas and ingredients comply with applicable food regulations and internal company policies.

• Review and recommend approvals for Product Approval Requests (PARs) and Ingredient approval request in alignment with regulatory and business requirements.

• Maintain and manage internal databases, including our own tracking approval request system.

• Utilize data analytics platforms to monitor formula lifecycle performance, identify anomalies, and recommend process optimizations.

• Develop and implement tools and processes to enhance formula governance efficiency and streamline processes.

• Identify opportunities for optimization and lead initiatives to improve authorization timelines and data accuracy.

• Support other projects and program that support our innovation agenda.

• Collaborate with corporate teams to enhance the performance of proprietary systems (e.g., PICASSO).

• Capture and manage formula information within TCCC proprietary systems.

• Input, evaluate, and maintain ingredient and formulation data with precision and consistency.

• Develop queries, analyze data and create reports that could support decision making processes to support our business.

• Support the creation of digital tools, and training materials related to formula governance.

• Collaborate with data scientists and IT teams to enhance proprietary formula management systems (PICASSO) with predictive analytics dashboards.

• Develop or support the development of digital tools to manage our approval process metrics and store our technical information not just for formula governance but also for The Global Development and Innovation NA team.

• Partner with R&D, regulatory, Commercial Product Supply (CPS), Ingredient & Product Governance (IPG), innovation teams, IT and vendors to ensure alignment across formula development and approval processes.

• Connect with other regions to benchmark and share good practices.

• Provide training and guidance on systems, policies, and procedures related to formulas and ingredients.

• Bachelor's degree in food science, Chemistry, Biology, or a related scientific field.

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience in R&D, CPS, Quality Control, regulatory affairs, ingredient or suppliers' approval process within the food or beverage industry.

• Familiarity with proprietary systems such as PICASSO or similar formulation databases.

• Basic statistical analysis and data interpretation.

• Strong understanding of proprietary composition and data protection practices.

• Proficiency in data management and documentation tools.

• Strong analytical and logical thinking skills.

• Experience with analytical tools such as R, Python, Tableau, or Power BI.

• Ability to identify issues, propose solutions, and implement process improvements.

• Comfortable working independently and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

• Flexible and adaptable to evolving business needs and priorities.

• Learning agility. Demonstrate ability to learn fast and rapidly analyze and adapt to new situations/problems providing creative solutions.

• Good written and oral communication skills. Able to contribute knowledge and insights to discussions both internally with the department and with associates from other departments and functions as well as main customers and suppliers.

• Attention to detail is an important skill for this role.

• Good interpersonal skills - team player. Cross functional interaction with Scientific Regulatory Affairs (SRA), Quality Assurance (QA), Supply Chain (SC), Ingredient Quality Department (IQD) and Technical Consumer Research (TCR) to facilitate successful product development.

• Thorough understanding of TCCC system and business model.

• High problem-solving skills with the ability to judge and involve Operations Director on critical issues.