Sabrina Goetz-Padilla

About Sabrina Goetz-Padilla

Innovative and results-driven food scientist and engineer with extensive experience in ingredient development, product innovation, and commercialization within the pet food, restaurant and CPG industries. Adept at leading cross-functional teams to develop high-quality, scalable product solutions that align with brand strategy, consumer insights, and business objectives. Skilled in supplier collaboration, raw material optimization, and process scale-up to drive efficiency, ensure quality, and enhance profitability. Passionate about culinary innovation, combining technical expertise with strategic vision to create compelling, consumer-driven food offerings. Strong leadership experience in fostering high-performing and collaborative teams and managing complex product development pipelines from concept to commercialization.Strong well-rounded food knowledge with a Bachelor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering focused in Food Engineering and a Food Science minor from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a certificate in Nutrition & Healthy Living from Cornell University.

Experience

1. Dry Senior Scientist Business Continuity & Raw Materials

   Mars

   Oct 2023 — Present · Franklin, TN, US

   Responsible for ingredient innovation as well as continuous improvement and business continuity for the dry technology agenda. Works cross functionally to provide technical support for existing ingredients and lead new ingredient development all while maintaining quality finished product design and delivering desired product performance to both the pet and pet parents.Leads exploration of new ingredients and suppliers for Dry petfood technologyExecutes Product Development deliverables for New Supplier Qualifications (NSQs) in collaboration with Commercial, Raw Materials, and Formulations.Supports business continuity contingencies that would require product development input across raw materials.Leads ingredient development line trials, risk assessments and experimental design.Evaluates new raw materials while coordinating multiple cross-functional stakeholders such as Quality, Product Development, Formulation, Regulatory, Toxicology, Legal and Commercial to determine viability to establish a potential supply base.Collaborates with global ingredient teams to influence priorities and needs for the NA Dry technology platform.Contributes ingredient expertise to unit, regional, and global communities for the pet food segment.

Education

• University of Minnesota

  Bachelor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Food Engineering

  2013

• Century High School

  General Education, General Studies

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Research
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Office
• Technical Support
• Group Dynamics
• Peer Mentoring
• Event Planning
• Cpr Certified
• Time Management
• Technical Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analysis
• Communication
• Strategic Planning
• Food Safety
• Team Building
• Teamwork
• Matlab
• Food Science
• Food Microbiology
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Technical Data Analysis