Vice President, Product Development - Nashville - Systematic Business Consulting

    Systematic Business Consulting
    Systematic Business Consulting Nashville

    22 hours ago

    $210,000 - $350,000 (USD) per year * Restaurants / Food Service
    Description

    Vice President of Product Development & R&D – Commercial Bakery - Southeast Nashville

    Total Compensation: To $175K Base + To 25% Bonus

    "Cadillac" benefits | Strong 401(k) match | Pension | Robust relocation package

    Seeking a Vice President of Product Development & R&D to serve as the senior technical authority for product innovation, formulation architecture, and commercialization performance across a multi-plant network. This is a highly visible executive leadership role with enterprise impact.

    The Opportunity

    The VP of Product Development & R&D will define the scientific and technical direction of the company's bakery portfolio—owning formulation strategy, dough systems expertise, ingredient functionality, and manufacturing alignment. You will translate complex technical decisions into scalable, repeatable manufacturing results that support quality, consistency, and customer satisfaction across all facilities.

    Key Responsibilities

    Product Strategy & Technical Leadership

    • Define and maintain formulation architecture across all bakery platforms
    • Establish standards for crumb structure, texture, flavor, appearance, and shelf life
    • Analyze formulation trade-offs related to cost, quality, risk, and manufacturability
    • Ensure formulation integrity across plants and ingredient sources

    Product Development & Commercialization

    • Lead end-to-end development from concept through full-scale commercialization
    • Translate customer and business requirements into technically sound product designs
    • Oversee bench, pilot, and plant trials with clearly defined success metrics

    Dough Systems & Process Science

    • Provide hands-on leadership in dough rheology, fermentation systems, gas retention, and extensibility
    • Drive ingredient system performance (flour, yeast, enzymes, emulsifiers, conditioners)
    • Link formulation design to process execution to resolve complex performance challenges

    Shelf Life & Stability

    • Set technical strategy for staling control and moisture management
    • Oversee preservative systems and product stability validation

    Manufacturing & Operations Alignment

    • Partner with Operations and Engineering to ensure product design aligns with equipment capabilities
    • Support multi-plant consistency and process optimization initiatives

    Team Leadership

    • Lead and develop a highly technical R&D organization
    • Institutionalize bakery science standards and technical capability for long-term growth

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Baking Science, Cereal Science, or related discipline
    • 10+ years of progressive leadership in commercial bakery product development
    • Demonstrated ownership of formulation architecture and large-scale commercialization
    • Deep expertise in dough systems and ingredient functionality
    • Experience leading technical teams in multi-plant manufacturing environments
    • Strong analytical and data-driven process validation background

    This role is ideal for a technically grounded bakery executive who thrives at the intersection of science, manufacturing performance, and strategic leadership.

    * This salary range is an estimation made by beBee
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