R&D Edibles Specialist

"Trulieve Grows One Patient at a Time"

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R&D Edibles Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides the resources and leadership for the successful manufacturing implementation of new products.
• Develops new products based on consumer trends and company strategy and capabilities.
• Provide input for labeling for all R&D products.
• Collaborates with senior management, Marketing, and Operations to collaborate and devise new products and mechanisms.
• Responsible for generating manufacturing specifications including submission of new or updated information to costing.
• Confers with Quality colleagues to ensure quality and safety standards are met during commercial expansion plan.
• Reviews critical data involving product and ingredient concerns and resolves issues to support company business objectives.
• Monitors technologies used by other manufacturers.
• Develops and verifies customer specifications including shelf life and handling procedures.
• Collaborate with Quality and regulatory on compliance and technical documents.
• Works closely with operations, purchasing and quality assurance to consolidate the use of existing raw materials to optimize costs. Collaborates with the evaluation of new ingredients and suppliers.
• Produces and verifies Ingredients Statements and Nutritional information for each product.
• Supports company strategic planning establishing priorities for product development team.
• Engages direct reports in developmental and leadership opportunities.
• Attends classes and seminars to improve technical skills and industry knowledge.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Travel to other states to facilitate new R&D initiatives.
• Will spend many hours working on a computer.
• Constant walking and standing on hard surfaces. Need to be able to climb and descend steps.
• Frequent bending, pulling, pushing, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Exposed to cool and hot temperatures in addition to noise.

Qualifications and Skills:

• B.S. Level Education in Technology, Chemistry or Biochemistry.
• 5- 10 years of demonstrated experience in R&D, QA, and chemistry.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Must have the ability to manage new and multiple projects from concept to commercialization.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and leadership experience.
• High level of integrity and work ethic.
• Ability to use existing resources to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Ability to interpret statistics and research data.
• Must have proficient problem-solving skills.
• Must have proficient training, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be self-motivated, an excellent team player, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent computer skills - Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Program Management tools, etc.

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