Company Overview

Freshstone Brands Inc. (“FBI”) is a premier manufacturer of high-quality prepared food products that services the retail, foodservice, and co-manufacturing channels. The Company’s products include branded and private label entrees, salads, sides, appetizers, hand-held foods, and other prepared foods. FBI supplies mostly fresh and some frozen items to major Canadian retailers for sale “behind the glass” or in packaged formats in the perimeter of the store, as well as to well-known foodservice customers, and some major branded food businesses under contract.

FBI manufactures its products in 6 manufacturing plants which are SQF Level 3 certified and which are strategically located across Canada, giving FBI critical mass, and geographic proximity to the strategically important US market.

With its own brands, FBI services all the major Grocery, Mass, Club and Food Service customers in Canada either directly or through distributor and broker relationships. Additionally, FBI has co-developed and launched a variety of “own-label” and private label programs with a wide range of blue-chip, recognized retailers and food service companies across North America.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Product Developer is an integral member of the Product Development team and is responsible for the development of new products, improvement of current products, management of the product development department, customer engagement, as well as regulatory and operational support. Reports to the R&D; Manager.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES





- Contribute to business objectives and strategic product development by assisting with and/or developing, formulating and testing new products to meet customer requirements. Ensure the products meet standards before market introduction/launch
- Contribute to business objectives and strategic product development by assisting with the evaluation and improvement of existing product lines to improve quality and maximize efficiencies
- Report results/findings/conclusions and recommendations on all recent ingredients, products, and suppliers to ensure a competitive advantage
- Build direct relationships with vendors, food service and private label customers
- Follow the New Product Development Process including all documentation procedures
- Responsible for assisting, trialling, evaluating and reporting on potential new products from different divisions as required
- Represent FBI in industry events, trade associations, seminars etc.
- Provide manufacturing, sales and marketing support
- Provide technical information and technical support to cross functions team members as required
- Participate in the evaluation and commissioning of new technology, production lines and/or related equipment
- Prepare samples for customer presentations,



participate in product cuttings and provide support to the sales team
- Embrace and support the Freshstone Brands culture and values, acting as brand ambassador at all times
- Learns, responds to and applies current consumer, industry and competitive trends while collaborating with the Sales & Marketing team to use consumer and retail trends to deliver on emerging needs
- Delivers routine daily/weekly/monthly reporting and responds to basic and intermediate ad hoc data requests.
- Respond to various inquiries from internal and external stakeholders, including as requested providing fact-based data to Executive, Key Accounts Manager, or Supervisors as required

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Food Science or Food Technology or higher
- Culinary diploma, culinary education or commercial kitchen experience will be an additional asset
- Preferably experience in formulating dressings, sauces and ready to eat meals.
- 3 – 5 years of product development experience required, preferably with consumer packaged or food service packaged products
- 3 - 5 years of work experience in food manufacturing required

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:
- Food processing: 3 years (required)
- Product development: 3 years (required)
- Food manufacturing: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Senior Product Developer (Etobicoke)
🏢 Freshstone Brands
📍 Etobicoke