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This role independently plans and leads sensory studies, product testing, nutrition analysis, technical documentation, and data-driven evaluations to ensure products meet quality, food safety, regulatory, operational, financial, and guest expectations. Serving as a subject matter resource, the Associate Manager translates complex technical findings into clear recommendations, leads cross-functional workstreams, and drives disciplined processes that improve product readiness and execution at scale.\nResponsibilities:\nSensory Science, Product Testing & Validation\nOwn the design, execution, analysis, and reporting of sensory studies for new and existing products, selecting appropriate methods and translating findings into actionable recommendations.\nLead product testing, yield analysis, shelf-life studies, holding-time assessments, and performance evaluations from test planning through final recommendation.\nEstablish testing protocols, acceptance criteria, documentation standards, and decision points that support consistent product validation and commercialization readiness.\nLead technical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for product quality, consistency, preparation, or performance concerns and recommend corrective actions.\nProvide scientific guidance on formulations, ingredients, processing, nutrition, and sensory performance to improve product quality, operational feasibility, and guest experience.\nTechnical Documentation, Nutrition & Data Governance\nOwn the accuracy, governance, and lifecycle management of technical documentation, recipe builds, ingredient information, product specifications, nutrition panels, and related approvals.\nLead nutrition analysis and database management, including validation, change control, approvals, and issue resolution in partnership with Food Safety, Quality, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.\nEstablish and maintain reliable systems for samples, formulations, equipment tests, yields, shelf life, sensory data, and technical results to improve traceability and decision-making.\nPerform and review advanced calculations related to recipe scaling, yields, percentages, unit conversions, nutrition data, and statistical analysis.\nIdentify documentation or data gaps, assess risk, and implement sustainable controls and process improvements.\nRegulatory, Food Safety & Quality Leadership\nServe as a key technical partner to Food Safety and Quality teams on product validation, specifications, labeling, allergen information, nutrition information, and regulatory documentation.\nInterpret applicable requirements and translate them into practical product-development standards, testing protocols, documentation, and stakeholder guidance.\nLead periodic audits of digital and physical product assets and coordinate timely correction of discrepancies involving ingredients, formulations, recipe builds, labels, and specifications.\nApply working knowledge of food safety standards, HACCP, GMP, SQF practices, ServSafe principles, and food product labeling requirements when evaluating products and processes.\nProactively identify technical, regulatory, quality, or food safety risks and escalate or resolve issues based on business impact.\nCommercialization & Cross-Functional Project Leadership\nLead assigned technical workstreams through product development, commercialization planning, launch readiness, and post-launch evaluation, managing timelines, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.\nPresent technical findings, recommendations, tradeoffs, and risks to Product Development, Category, Marketing, Operations, Training, Food Safety, Quality, suppliers, and leaders.\nInfluence cross-functional decisions by balancing scientific rigor with guest expectations, operational feasibility, cost, quality, speed, and business priorities.\nCoordinate supplier and partner inputs, challenge incomplete or inconsistent technical information, and drive closure of open issues before key decision points.\nDevelop repeatable tools, templates, methods, and training that strengthen technical capability and improve consistency across the product-development process.\nTest Kitchen & Team Capability Support\nPartner with the Culinary Manager to establish Test Kitchen standards for sample control, inventory accuracy, equipment readiness, sanitation, scheduling, and operational documentation.\nPlan and facilitate product samplings, prototype evaluations, technical reviews, and cross-functional testing sessions.\nProvide day-to-day technical guidance, peer coaching, and quality review for less-experienced team members or project contributors; formal direct reports are not required.\nUp to 20% domestic travel required.\nPerform additional job duties and tasks as required. \nQualifications:\nBachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Culinary Science, Nutrition or related field preferred.\n4+ years of experience in food product R&D for QSR, manufacturing or foodservice retail preferred.\nExperience with sensory testing, recipe documentation, and nutrition development.\nExperience working in ESHA Genesis or other Nutrition Management Systems\nWorking knowledge of HACCP, GMP, SQF Practices, and food product labeling requirements\nProficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software.\nStrong math skills include calculations of percentages, scaling recipes & yields, and unit of measurement conversions, statistical analysis, etc.\nStrong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with others and participate as part of a team.\nServe Safe certification a plus.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6141,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Fossil Fuels","Retail & Shop Systems"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T00:37:01Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.573,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":21,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/racetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/racetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T19:27:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13118,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1914416},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1914416"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fracetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fracetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fracetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/racetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fracetrac-associate-manager-culinary-science"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3303950}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"racetrac.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3303950},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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