Associate Product Development Scientist - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. ## **JOB DESCRIPTION:** **Associate Product Development Scientist** **About Abbott** **Working at Abbott** Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives. At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: - Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. - Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. - An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution - Tuition reimbursement, the [Freedom 2 Save](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and [FreeU](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. - A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. - A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** Our location in Columbus, OH, currently has an opportunity for an Associate Product Development Scientist. In Research & Development (R&D) our ambition is to provide innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life. **WHAT YOU’LL DO** **Day to day activities may include but are not limited to the following:** **Primary Function:** - Develop nutritional products for commercial launch in global markets by creating new formulations which will deliver improvements to product claims, comply with regulatory requirements and/or reduce product cost. - Support and sometimes lead the technical development of nutritional products of various complexity. **Major Responsibilities:** - Help plan and execute experimental designs to optimize the nutrient, microbiological, organoleptic, and physical quality of new and/or improved products while adhering to relevant internal and external constraints. - Interpret test results and develop conclusions and action plans. Communicate through verbal and written updates and reports. - Help execute commercial production readiness activities on new formulations through the launch of the product. - Participate on and possibly present to cross-functional business teams including Marketing, Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Regulatory and Legal, as appropriate. **Accountability/Scope:** - Conceive, design, conduct, and lead formulation development efforts for challenging global projects to make them feasible and ready for commercial production. - Anticipate by working with team and manager to proactively identify project issues and suggest alternative approaches. - Build by growing knowledge and skills to become proficient in performing the various activities required to support project goals and fully understand New Product Development Process. - Deliver new and improved products with quality, accuracy, and expediency by su…