R&D Specialist - Patisserie Mixes (12 months Contract)

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; onsite role with travel of up to 30%.

Company

hirify.global develops bakery, patisserie, and chocolate ingredients and food solutions for customers in markets around the world.

What you will do

• Lead the development and adaptation of new and tailor-made patisserie mixes aligned with customer needs, market opportunities, and the innovation stage-gate process.
• Optimize formulas and the product portfolio through cost, productivity, performance, raw material, cleaner-label, SKU, and positioning improvements.
• Support Sales through opportunity identification, customer presentations, seminars, technical demonstrations, and local market insights.
• Provide plant-level technical support, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and rework recommendations.
• Maintain technical documentation, support item control and non-conformity reviews, and follow food safety, quality, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, researchers, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Operations, Quality, and the international R&D community.

Requirements

• Post-secondary degree in Food Science or a related discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least five years of experience in food product development or technical sales, ideally in baking, patisserie, or ingredients.
• Strong scientific foundation with practical problem-solving, analytical, planning, communication, networking, and business development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English is required; French is an asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SAP experience is an asset.
• Ability to lead multiple projects, collaborate with customers and internal teams, adapt to change, and travel up to 30%.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month temporary full-time contract.
• Warm, caring, trustful, and respectful work environment.
• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equal opportunities.
• Values-driven culture focused on team spirit, ethics, quality, passion, courage, and vision.
• Opportunities to build product expertise through training, field experience, and collaboration with international R&D specialists.