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Job Summary:

The Director, Research & Development is responsible for leading and executing research and development initiatives that deliver differentiated food innovations supporting near- and long-term growth across Crown Bakeries’ product portfolio. This role drives the development, optimization, and scale-up of new products and technologies across laminated dough, specialty breads, muffins, biscuits, buns, pastries, bagels, and freezer-to-oven segments.

Reporting into senior leadership, the Director partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, and FSQA to translate business and customer needs into technically sound, commercially viable solutions. This role plays a key leadership position in advancing product development from concept through commercialization while ensuring alignment wit...