Summary
Location
Hazelwood
Type
full-time
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About this role
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.
Brand
At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.
This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.
Location Description
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities
R&D Scientist – Fruit & Nut
Job Location: Hazelwood, Missouri
Full-Time | On-Site
Ready to Shape the Future of Snacking?
Do you love turning ideas into delicious reality? We’re looking for a creative and results-driven R&D Scientist to join our innovation team and lead product development in the Fruit & Nut category. If you thrive on solving complex challenges and bringing new products to life, this is your chance to make an impact!
What You’ll Do
- Create & Innovate: Develop new food products and improve existing ones to delight consumers.
- Lead Commercialization: Take projects from bench-top to full-scale production. Organize and manage projects; interacts, supports, facilitates, and leads multi-functional work teams; leads teams to consensus; strong negotiation skills.
- Drive Efficiency: Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize processes.
- Collaborate: Work with cross-functional teams to solve technical and operational challenges.
- Validate & Scale: Ensure smooth plant-level implementation of product and process changes.
Core Competencies
- Analytical Thinking – Results driven, solve complex problems with confidence.
- Innovation & Creativity – Bring fresh ideas to the table.
- Collaboration – Build strong relationships across teams.
- Business Acumen – Balance cost, quality, and growth strategies.
- Adaptability – Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience: 2+ years in food industry product development or process development.
- Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Proven creativity and innovation mindset.
- Project management and team leadership experience.
- Ability to scale from bench to plant production.
- Bonus: Experience with roasted or seasoned nuts (not required).
Why You’ll Love It Here
- Be part of a team that values innovation and collaboration.
- Work on projects that shape the future of snacking.
- Competitive pay, benefits, and growth opportunities.
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Note: The actual job location will be in Hazelwood, Missouri
Other facts
About Post Consumer Brands
Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories.
Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, Pebbles™, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand.
As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands.
Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.
What you'll do
- The R&D Scientist will develop new food products and improve existing ones while leading projects from bench-top to full-scale production. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve technical and operational challenges.
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