Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.
We’re on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2027, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you’ll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain – and yes, it will get rough. But that’s what makes the journey worthwhile.
So, lace up your boots and let’s tackle the climb together.
You can learn more about us at www.riversidenaturalfoods.com
Purpose:
The Food Technologist on the Technical Innovation team will be responsible for supporting Innovation and new product development at Riverside. The Food Technologist should be a creative self-starter with an aptitude for learning and applying knowledge of food science principles to different scenarios. The candidate should have a solid foundation in applied science and a demonstrated skill and interest with recipe development and/or culinary arts.
The ideal candidate should be curious, flexible, adaptable to changing priorities and comfortable with ambiguity and change. They will possess the grit to overcome steep obstacles with a positive attitude. They should be able to navigate challenges creatively, follow detailed processes accurately, use data to inform decision-making, and translate scientific findings into actionable insights.
The successful candidate should embody Riverside’s core values and be a role model for the team. They should be passionate about science and committed to delivering honest results.
Primary Responsibilities:
Education and Qualifications:
Skills and Abilities:
Functional & Leadership Competencies:
Functional Capabilities
Definition
Competencies
Comments
New product development
Ability to create new products meeting project guardrails (formulation, certifications, cost, timing, etc.)
Formulation Knowledge
Ingredient Functionality
Manufacturing Knowledge
Data management
Organoleptic evaluation
-Uses food science foundations to develop new food products efficiently
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the product is appropriate
-Uses tools available effectively
-Aware of personal skill gaps and bridges them where needed
Ideation and Innovation
Ability to translate and apply industry knowledge to drive innovation and ideation. Navigates ambiguous challenges by leveraging scientific expertise and problem solving to generate novel ideas.
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Problem Solving
Experimental Design
- Uses critical thinking and creativity to translate industry trends & insights into relevant and novel food products for Riverside’s pillars
- Can persevere through ambiguity to present technical recommendations
Leadership Capabilities
Definition
FYI Competencies
Comments
Building Collaborative Relationships
Working with internal and external partners respectfully to build win-win relationships and foster opportunities for shared insights and success
Collaborates
Builds Networks
- Self-motivated to reach out to others and start new relationships
- Readily connects and engages with network at Riverside and externally to solve problems, fill gaps, get support, and return help
Delivers Results
Delivering results by creatively and effectively seeking the necessary resources, and using grit to tackle challenges faces along the way
Resourcefulness
Resilience
Manages Ambiguity
- Views obstacles and failure as opportunities
- Creative and resourceful to find solutions to situations where others may stumble
- Reacts to change with positivity
- Willing to take initiative
Breakthrough Thinking
Driving innovation by thinking beyond the mold and being unafraid to take bold risks and try, try, and try again
Demonstrating contagious excitement to do things differently
Cultivates Innovation
- Passionate and enthusiastic about innovation
- Takes risks rooted in scientific foundations
- Not afraid to fail
- Uses learning from failure and challenges to pivot, grow, and continue moving forward
- Humble
Key Accountabilities
Responsibility
KPI/ Metric to Measure Success
Rating (1 – 3)
Comments
Support the innovation cycle by developing new innovations and formulations to meet business needs (approx. 0-1 major, 4-6 minor/year)
- 4+ new formulations meeting all project guardrails complete for handover to R&D Commercialization
Crucial tasks, day to day, role-critical, urgent
Flying the plane
Continuous improvement of R&D & Innovation processes – Leading 1-2 key process improvements/year
- 1-2+ processes improved (metric TBD – time savings, $ savings, etc. targets)
Important tasks, supporting the team
Building the plane
Manage product development activities in a project timeline
- Manage 3+ projects and their respective product development timelines
- Ensure projects remain on track and appropriate technical activities are complete
Important tasks, supporting the team
Please note this role as a new vacancy.
Please note this role is an existing vacancy.
At Riverside, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation and job posting practices. The range above reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. Exact compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education, and training, as well as other organizational needs, while balancing internal equity.
What we expect:
What We Offer:
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How to Apply:
If you have the commitment to excellence, the energy, the attitude and experience we need, then please submit your resume to careers(AT)riversidenaturals.com with the job title you are applying for in the subject line or click the apply button!
Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you have a disability and require accommodation in the interview process, please let us know when you apply. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, due to volume, please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Disclaimer: As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including automated systems, to support the review and assessment of applications. These tools do not make final hiring decisions. All decisions related to screening, interviewing, and selection are made by our Talent Acquisition and hiring teams.
Our vision at Riverside Natural Foods is to make a difference by creating healthy products of which we can be proud.
We research, create, manufacture, market and sell industry leading and innovative products that offer healthier alternatives to all consumers. We strive to be the hub for continuous innovation and creativity in healthy snacking.
We believe in leaving things better than we found them. Be it the environment we inhabit, the people we encounter, or the communities we work with. Our path to success runs through this belief system. We’re proud to be a Certified B Corporation® and Zero Waste Certified.
MadeGood products are manufactured and distributed by Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. http//www.madegoodfoods.com
