Hybrid Scientist, Product Development - Global Coffee Category Innovation

Location(s): United States of America City/Cities: Atlanta Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: September 5, 2025 Shift: Job Description Summary: Join our North America Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Coffee team as a Scientist, where you'll lead product development from concept to recipe creation. You'll shape flavor profiles, ensure product stability, manage formula costs, and collaborate with global innovation and marketing teams. As part of our global coffee innovation group, you'll also help drive short- and long-term technical strategies and pioneer new beverage technologies. What You’ll Do for Us • Develop formula, select ingredients based on the market needs(fit to concept or performance specifications). And calculate the cost and conduct the stability test and registration work in KO system • Validate the actual line production feasibility smoothly with commercialization team. • Communicate with internal stakeholders like commercialization, SRA and brand marketing to execute the development work. • Support other development work executed by team members. • Understand IP, Pkg. Process, Micro-control, Quality control and project management with senior developers and manager. • Participates in team projects, interdepartmental/divisional committees or company-wide initiatives in order to share information, represent the department/division perspective or assist with product development, process modification, package development and marketing. Qualification & Requirements • Bachelor’s degree(Food Science, Chemistry or related field are preferred) Master’s degree is also preferred • More than 3+ years successful experience in product development in food industry experience (the beverage industry is preferred). • Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion is ideal • Language: English=Native level • Travel Requirements: 10-20% of the time is required for business trip Growth Behavior • COLLABORATE WITH SYSTEM, CUSTOMERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS: Develop and leverage relationships with stakeholders to approximately stretch and impact the System (Company and Bottler). • ACT LIKE AN OWNER: Deliver results, creating value for our Brands, our System, our customers, and key stakeholders. • DEVELOP SELF AND OTHERS: Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential. • GROWTH MINDSET: Demonstrates curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity. What We Can Do For You • Purpose Driven: Purpose driven approach that empowers our people to protect the environment and communities we serve while delivering safe & quality products. • Global Connections: Allows you to develop, enhance and maintain global connections that allow us to move faster and learn from others. • Community of Belonging: We’re an organization that believes our ability to continually grow and build the right atmosphere where people feel safe and empowered, lets you bring your best self to work. The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States. Skills: Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Data Compilation, Food Safety and Sanitation, Food Sciences, Green Solutions, Influencing, Leadership, Manufacturing, New Product Development, organization, Product Development, Quality Control (QC), Researching, Waterfall Model Pay Range: $89,800 - $107,000 Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered. Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 7.5 Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target. Our Purpose and Growth Culture: We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. 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