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Senior Food Scientist

Company

Actalent

Location

Chicago, IL

Posted

July 18, 2026

Position Overview

Job Title: Senior Food Scientist – Bakery and Snacking (Temporary Assignment)
Job Description
This temporary Senior Food Scientist – Bakery and Snacking role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact product development projects over an anticipated 5‑month period, providing maternity leave coverage. You will own product development and innovation activities from benchtop through scale-up and commercialization for nut-based spreads, fillings, confectionery applications, baked crackers, cookies, snack bars, and other snacking products. Working closely with ingredient and culinary teams, you will deliver customer-focused solutions, maintain project continuity, and support both internal and customer-facing initiatives across North America.
Responsibilities

+ Lead end-to-end product development from concept through commercialization for bakery and snacking products, including nut-based spreads, fillings, confectionery items, baked crackers, cookies, snack bars, and other ...

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