Ingeniør, medicin og teknologi

Product Development Scientist

This is your chance to join Bifodan’s team of dedicated professionals striving to continuously strengthen and expand our line of innovative and science based probiotic finished products.

The market for probiotic dietary supplements is growing and we seek an experienced Development Scientist to help further develop our position in the market.

We offer a position with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development in an international company driven by a vision of becoming a leader within our field. We have an informal working environment, short decision processes and room for testing of new ideas. As Development Scientist you will play a central role in the development of new concepts. Bifodan is a small company, and the position will provide you with a unique opportunity to obtain insight into many business processes in a GMP certified company.

Product Development is a key function in Bifodan. The development team is responsible for development of new products and for continuous optimization of our existing product portfolios. We interact daily with many different functions in the company, including production, quality and marketing as well as with customers. We strive at being innovative in our approach to both products and processes.

We are recruiting a dedicated and organized Development Scientist with strong expertise in formulations and development of solid dosage forms (tablets, capsules and granulates).

Responsibilities

• Define new product designs and performance objectives in collaboration with other functions, including Product Management and Marketing
• Develop new finished formats; probiotics tablets, capsules, and granulates
• Perform pilot productions in collaboration with Production and Support Production in process optimizations
• Liaise with raw material suppliers in screening for and implementation of new or improved raw materials
• Establish and manage protocols for evaluation of product performance, including stability studies
• Communicate project status to management and other stakeholders
• Represent Product Development in cross organizational projects and innovation fora
• Ensure that Product Development delivers technical documentation of high quality for both internal and external use

Qualifications and competencies

• Master or PhD in pharmacy, chemistry or other relevant scientific field
• Experience in development of solid dosage forms (capsules, tablets, and granulates) and associated technologies such as coating
• Scientific approach to data analysis and interpretation. Ability to communicate results effectively to different audiences and help drive development and management of products
• Strong problem solver
• Quality-oriented
• GMP knowledge
• Experience with probiotics and dietary supplements is a plus

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About BIFODAN®

BIFODAN® is the one-stop-shop for probiotic supplements of very high quality! Scientific documentation, stability and transparency are the cornerstones of our YOURBRAND portfolio, marketed through B2B partners across the globe.

For three decades Bifodan has been dedicated to research and development of probiotic nutritional supplements. Our extensive competencies in understanding, formulating and handling probiotic bacteria, allow Bifodan to support our partners in bringing a broad range of products to the market with extensive quality and regulatory features. Bifodan® employs 69 people in Hundested, Denmark and 6 regional Sales Directors. Bifodan has recently been acquired by US based Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes Inc. Moving forward Bifodan (Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes International) will be responsible for sales, manufacturing and customer support of the two companies combined product portfolio of prebiotics, probiotics and digestive enzymes, outside the Americas.

To learn more about Bifodan, please visit www.bifodan.com


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