Manager, Sauce, Licensing & Culinary Applications

Manager, Sauce, Licensing & Culinary Applications

Ocean Spray is hiring for a Manager, Sauce, Licensing & Culinary Applications! We're a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role it always comes back to this : we're a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all and we've been making our own way ever since. The Manager of Sauce, Licensing and Culinary Applications, leads the global product development of sauce innovation & brand maintenance, supports licensing efforts and provides culinary support and global culinary connectivity with strategic partners in collaboration with cross functional business partners underpinned with food science fundamentals and culinary creativity. This role is accountable for Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce formulations and innovation to drive growth across multiple channels of trade, ensuring cobranding products meet brand equity standards across multiple licensing partnerships, and for Culinary applications, recipe and global culinary network to support our B2B Ingredient business and Food Service Sales... This requires a mix of skills that requires comfort in both a test-kitchen space as well as a laboratory. Cross-functional collaboration is crucial as this role works closely with various functions including R&D, Marketing, Manufacturing, Sales and external customers and partners to translate concepts and culinary ideas into scalable, compliant products for consumption. This role combines Food Science and Culinary expertise, with intellectual curiosity and strategic brand stewardship to drive product differentiation and market success. Given the nature of the responsibilities, this role is designed to be in the Lakeville, MA office five days per week.

A Day in the Life...

• Product Development Lead Sauce Product Development Lead product development for our cranberry sauce business to drive expansion of our sauce business through new product innovation and use occasions. Lead team to create product specifications that can translate from bench to large scale manufacturing and meet food safety, quality, regulatory compliance and product stability for target markets and channels of trade
• Technical Stage Gate - Guide team through our Technical Stage Gate process, from Ideation through Launch, ensuring sufficient technical and project management rigor is effectively incorporated into project plans. Guide development of robust learning plans for all commercialization projects.

Licensing

Culinary Applications

Cross-functional Leadership

Strategic Planning & Market Insights

What We Are Looking For :

Education : Bachelor's or University Degree (Required) Master's Degree (Preferred)

Work Experience : At least 7 Years of Experience

Benefits :

Who We Are :

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what's better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future. Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values :