Shape What’s Next at Select Custom Solutions
At Select Custom Solutions, we don’t just make ingredients—we create possibilities. From La Crosse, WI, our team brings innovation and expertise to contract manufacturing, branded dairy and non-dairy ingredients, custom blends, and ingredient distribution. With modern facilities and cutting-edge capabilities, we help some of the world’s most trusted brands deliver products that make a difference in people’s lives.
With a strong focus on growth, innovation, and excellence, Select Custom Solutions offers opportunities to be part of meaningful work that impacts industries worldwide. Whether you’re working hands-on in manufacturing or supporting operations, your contributions help drive the future of food and nutrition.
We’re proud to be partnered with Select Milk Producers, one of the nation’s most progressive dairy cooperatives. With over 110 family-owned dairies and multiple processing plants and joint ventures nationwide, our partnership connects us to a powerful network driving the future of food and nutrition.
Join us—and help shape what’s next.
What Select offers you:
Comprehensive benefits package focusing on your physical, financial and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings (health, dental, vision, etc.):
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays Off
- Onsite gym
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Leadership Development
- Opportunities to support our local communities
- Chance to apply best practices in sustainability and environmental initiatives
- Commitment to producing high quality nutritious products and providing nourishment around the world
What this role is all about:
We are looking for a Food Technologist I in La Crosse, WI.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, regular business hours
The Food Technologist I engages in the activities of Product Innovation to include product development, sample program, technical services and nutritional documents.
Job Duties:
- Serve as Project Leader on requests for product development, ingredient approvals, and technical services (projects), working as a team with Sales Lead, Procurement, and/or Quality to create a technical solution toward a sales opportunity.
- Formulate new product developments accurately according to project requirements, including formula developments which successfully meet food certifications and claims.
- Communicate new product development technical needs during development process with other departments including but not limited to: Quality, Procurement, Operations and Sales in an attempt to ensure successful scale up and hand-offs between team members.
- Utilize Product Innovation Formulation Software (TechWizard) for new product development formulations. Export formulations for integration into ConXus software.
- Utilize ConXus project management system in all facets related to role as project leader in Innovation.
- Basic understanding and use of Navision (or appropriate active ERP system) to obtain ingredients and formula related information.
- Possess basic knowledge and understanding of processing techniques related to the applications specific to the role, assignment, or project.
- Obtain information and/or samples needed to initiate project.
- Enter sample requests into sample program software for shipment to customers.
- Order ingredients from approved vendors.
- Digital documentation: formulate and document critical criteria and changes using TechWizard.
Qualifications:
Education Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science or Biological Science required.
- Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
Experience Required:
- Minimum one (1) year of Food Science/Research and Development experience preferred.
AA/EEO – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity