Manager of Research and Development

Based in Minneapolis, MN the Manager of Research and Development for Jack Links dual will play a key role in the development and execution of corporate Research and Development (R&D) initiatives including new meat based product innovation, brand maintenance projects, and product and process improvement and will be responsible to lead and mentor product developers. This position will play a major role in helping the company achieve its aggressive growth objectives through appropriate uses of meat science technology and innovation in new product development, packaging, quality control, and operations.

The responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

Manage individual projects as assigned

• Deliver key value-added R&D documents to the process of developing and improving products. This includes but is not limited to: Development notebook, R&D action plan, Product Cutting outcome form, PBED & PLM system entry
• Support cross functional team providing timely updates and deliver R&D designated tasks
• Manage relationships with suppliers, co-packers and manufacturers to develop innovative new to market and new to category products or ingr...