Vice President, Research and Development

JOB REQUIREMENTS: At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best? The Vice President, Research & Development will set and execute the Ingredients Division's technical and innovation strategy, translating customer needs, market insights, dairy science, and manufacturing capabilities into differentiated, scalable, and profitable solutions. This executive will own the dairy-ingredient innovation portfolio across whey- and milk-based proteins, carbohydrates, cultures, and specialty solutions; lead optimization of existing products and processes; and identify technologies that expand Saputo's capabilities and competitive advantage. The role will build a world-class, customer-focused technical organization and establish disciplined governance from discovery and formulation through pilot validation, scale-up, regulatory clearance, customer qualification, and first commercial production, balancing speed, technical risk, quality, sustainability, and return on investment. How You Will Make Contributions That Matter * Define and execute the strategic R&D and technology roadmap aligned with division growth priorities, customer segments, manufacturing capabilities, and emerging dairy-ingredient opportunities. * Own the innovation and renovation portfolio, including stage-gate governance, business cases, resource allocation, technical risk assessments, milestone discipline, and transparent decisions to accelerate high-value work and stop low-value projects. * Lead end-to-end development and commercialization of whey- and milk-based proteins, carbohydrates, cultures, and specialty ingredient solutions from scientific discovery, formulation, and application testing through pilot trials, scale-up, customer qualification, and first commercial production. * Serve as the senior technical partner to strategic customers, leading co-development, technical selling, demonstrations, qualification reviews, and resolution of complex formulation, functionality, processing, and quality challenges. * Partner with Commercial, Sales, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure solutions are consumer- and customer-relevant, manufacturable, repeatable, compliant, cost-effective, and supported by compelling value propositions. * Advance process technology and technical capability, including separation, concentration, drying, fermentation, formulation, sensory, analytical, pilot-plant, and application-development platforms; partner with Engineering on capital feasibility, design, commissioning, and validation. * Drive productivity and margin expansion through formulation, yield, throughput, quality, energy, water, waste, and raw-material optimization while protecting product performance, food safety, and customer requirements. * Establish robust technical standards, specifications, experimental design, data integrity, documentation, knowledge management, and product/process validation practices across laboratories, pilot facilities, and plants. * Champion digital R&D capabilities, including portfolio analytics, formulation and process modeling, competitive intelligence, searchable technical knowledge, and data-driven prediction of scale-up and product performance. * Ensure technical compliance with applicable food safety, quality, labeling, regulatory, and customer standards in partnership with Quality and Regulatory; provide executive oversight for technical risk and customer-impacting issues. * Lead intellectual-property strategy for the division by monitoring To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjM2MTEzLjg3NzBAc2FwdXRvY29 cC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20 ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjM2MTEzLjg3NzBAc2FwdXRvY29tcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20