Overview:
At Kemin Food Technologies (KFT) EMEA you will find a culture that stimulates your entrepreneurial spirit. We are looking for like-minded people who can share our passion for success. As a Research Associate will provide research and development support for product development projects through scientific methodologies. This position may provide a supporting role in various research projects or may independently perform small research projects as needed by the business unit.
**Responsibilities**:
- Support other scientists and work independently in performing laboratory experiments.
- Responsible for supporting R&D projects
- Draft SOPs and research protocols, with supervision
- Maintain accurate and detailed electronic laboratory notebooks.
- Perform data analysis, with supervision+ Complete multiple projects in a timely manner.
- Prepare and present research reports in multiple formats
- Contribute to scientific publications used for internal purposes. May be cited as an author following Kemin's authorship guidelines
- Must adhere to laboratory standard operating procedures, documentation and guideline
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Analytical lab skills.
- Working knowledge of statistics for the analytical laboratory.
- Ability to maintain instruments.
- Excellent Scientific skills in experiment design and data collection.
- Working understanding of computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.
- Scientific curiosity and innovative thinking
- Handle multiple projects efficiently.
- Reliable and self-motivated.
- Good written and oral communication skills, suitable for external presentations.
- Ability to interact well with others in a team environment.
- Good understanding of English, both written and oral.
- Good project management skills.
Place of work: Parma (Italy)
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