Description

This is an opportunity to create and develop new beverages for Starbucks. Our over-arching purpose within R&D is to ignite innovation and co-create to bring the future of Starbucks to life today. We are the indisputable leader in breakthrough beverage innovation, delivering relevant experiences and meaningful moments for customers and partners. This posting is for a contractor role in beverage R&D, for the creation and optimization of beverages for our cafés and/or alternate business channels across the globe. Come be a part of our team and help create amazing Starbucks experiences!

•\tCustomer Focus: Delivers legendary service that meets and exceeds all customers’ expectations

•\tEthics and Integrity: Adheres to Starbucks values, beliefs and principles during good & bad times

•\tComposure: Remains calm, maintains perspective and responds in a professional manner when faced with tough situations

•\tPersonal Learning: Takes personal responsibility for the continuous learning of new knowledge, skills and experiences

•\tDealing with Ambiguity: Able to successfully function during times of uncertainty and changing priorities

•\tDecision-Making: Makes timely and quality decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment

•\tInterpersonal Savvy: Builds effective relationships with all people; up, down and sideways, inside and outside of Starbucks

•\tResults Oriented: Gets results and achieves goals

Technology requirements

•\t Basic Lab Equipment (PH, solids, standard stuff)

•\tStandard Microsoft Suite

Degree or certifications required:

•\tDegree in food science or another related field

Years experience?:

•\tEntry level, no minimum level of experience

Required background? Skills?

•\t Knowledge of sensory, experimental design, statistics, and consumer research methodologies

•\tCoOp or intern in the food industry will be an excellent fit

•\tKnowledge of food and beverage technology, ingredient functionalities, chemistry, or engineering including processing and manufacturing

•\tKnowledge of beverage ingredients such as sauces, syrups, dry mixes, dairy, aseptic, toppings.

•\tKnowledge of development and scale up of food and beverage products

•\tKnowledge of food quality control, safety and microbiology

•\tAbility to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

•\tAbility to work in a matrixed environment

•\tStrong problem solving and communication skills, written and verbal

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Nice-to-Haves:

•\tFood processing or production background (even as an internship)

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Team culture/work environment:

•\tHighly collaborative team

Key projects:

•\tLeading project for cost optimization and product development

•\tUtilize data and insights, create and translate culinary concepts into food and beverage recipes and/or products that can be manufactured to deliver on product and operational requirements.

•\tUnder supervision, apply technical knowledge to manage low complexity manufacturing trials, including writing of trial protocol and summaries

•\tUnder supervision, apply technical knowledge and project learnings to create product specifications

•\tApply initial understanding of business metrics and operating models to project plans and utilize knowledge of project strategy and goals to design workplans with guidance.

•\tComplete assigned projects and adapt to changing priorities with agility

•\tApply basic understanding of trends and customer insights to create relevant products that will drive the business forward, with support from others.

•\tContribute to decision making by using data and information from multiple sources to formulate recommendations and inform on level of risk, unknowns and options.

•\tUtilize logic and learnings for basic problem solving, navigate formal and informal channels cross functionally and with vendors to support the resolution of issues with guidance.

•\tDemonstrate interpersonal skills and build relationships within the functional organization.

•\tProvide clear written and oral communication to convey ideas, insights and project updates and achieve understanding of technical issues by non-technical partners, with guidance.

•\tCollaborate, influence, and support within the team and cross-functional peers.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $31.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Seattle,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 18, 2025.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.