Job Purpose and Impact
The Trial Application Scientist II will manage research and develop excellent criteria as protocols, coordination, timeline respect in trial deliverables and line of site to innovation unit and data. In this role, you will contribute to the delivery of innovation research and projects through supporting researchers with trial execution, protocols and data. You will be accountable for a core area within enabling science or trial application and supporting the innovations centers, in systems and in markets.
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
-Plan and perform quality assurance for trials and keep continuous and active dialogues with researchers, species unit, lab and feed processing.
-Lead continuous improvement together with trial teams using measurable performance indicators and drive scientific method development in cooperation with researchers.
-Ensure all standard operating procedures are followed and updated and trials comply to the safety program and animal care policies and provide coaching to technicians for trial execution.
-Responsible for the setup, monitoring, recording and reporting of trial results with appropriate partners.
-Work with scientists and feed processing technicians to ensure accurate formulation and ingredient procurement.
-Lead core activities for trial or unit excellence in food safety, quality and regulatory and animal welfare, that includes coordinating resources, updates for trial findings and performance of statistical analysis.
-Act as customer liaison to identify how market trends affect the business to enable appropriate decision making.
-Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
-Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
-Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
-Appropriate animal care training certificate
-Professional certificate in a relevant area such as formulation and statistics
-Proficient computer skills
-Minimum of two years of related work experience
-Other minimum qualifications may apply
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
-Master's degree in animal science, nutrition or related science
-Analytical statistics knowledge
-Multi species experience in research trials
-Experience in running research trials.
-Business and research based proficiency in English
PRIOR BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCES
-Experience in setup, monitoring, recording and reporting of results of trials with appropriate partners.
KEY BEHAVIORS
-Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
-Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
-Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO BE GAINED
-Participate as a subject matter authority in the development of new application sites.
