Senior Lab Analyst

At The Coca-Cola Company, we are passionate about creating the world's best beverages. Our Ingredient Quality department plays a critical role in ensuring the highest quality standards are met, from sourcing to production. As a Senior Lab Analyst, you will be a key member of our Ingredient Quality team, responsible for safeguarding the integrity of our ingredients through rigorous scientific analysis. You will demonstrate leadership and leverage your expertise in analytical chemistry and quality control to drive continuous improvement in our laboratory processes, ensuring accurate and timely results that support critical business decisions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of our global beverage brands by ensuring the quality and safety of the ingredients that go into every product we make.

• Maintaining a Safe Working Environment: Be part of a team that prioritizes safety. Follow all laboratory safety guidelines, including proper handling and disposal of chemicals, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), and keeping the workspace clean and organized.

• Conducting Routine Quality Testing: Leverage sophisticated instrumentation (e.g., GC-MS/FID, FTIR, TGA) to perform a wide range of chemical, physical, and sensory analyses, including taste and odor, on a variety of ingredients. You will make decisions regarding the acceptability of ingredients for quality and, potentially, food safety purposes.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance: Adhere to strict quality standards (ISO 17025, GLP), maintain accurate records, and ensure compliance with all relevant company practices regarding confidentiality.
• Supporting innovation: Be part of a team executing and leading projects to implement new analytical methods, improve laboratory efficiency, and enhance data accuracy.
• Effective Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams and external clients (e.g., R&D, Production, Procurement) to address and resolve quality issues while supporting the company's goals.

• Learn and Train: Develop expertise by actively participating in various laboratory workflows, learning from supervisors and colleagues, sharing knowledge with others, and training contract workers within a workplace that emphasizes continuous learning and growth.
• Maintain laboratory equipment: Perform routine maintenance, calibration, and determine next steps in the troubleshooting of analytical instrument performance.

• Demonstrating Teamwork: Contribute to fostering collaboration, support the team, and adopt a growth mindset to help achieve shared business goals.

• Technical Excellence: Gain valuable experience within a globally recognized organization learning to operate state-of-the-art laboratory technologies. Gain experience working in an ISO 17025 accredited lab and knowledge of quality systems. Learn from industry leaders in cutting-edge flavor quality control testing methodologies.
• Industry Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of ingredient quality. This includes flavors and their application within the food and beverage industry.
• Career Development: Collaborate with key stakeholders, including manufacturing teams, flavor R&D, and other global functions that may become part of your career path in a global beverage company.
• Benefits: A competitive benefits package that starts on day one of employment.

• Chromatography: Basic understanding of Gas Chromatography (GC), GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and Liquid Chromatography (LC).
• Spectroscopy: Some knowledge or experience with Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy.
• Analytical Techniques: Prior experience is preferred with other analytical, chemical, and physical property measurements such as Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA, Specific Gravity (SG), Viscosity, Turbidity, Melting Point, Solubility, and Titration.

• Data Management: Previous experience using Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) is beneficial.
• Laboratory Proficiency: Basic skills in handling chemicals safely in a lab setting.

• Quality Systems: Interest in working within accredited lab frameworks like ISO-17025:2017, with an eagerness to learn about root cause analysis, method auditing, control charting, and evaluating data quality and instrument performance.

• Technical Writing: Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly document experimental procedures, data analysis, and technical reports.
• Collaboration: Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with an interest in working with both internal teams and external stakeholders effectively

• Troubleshooting: Fundamental understanding of effectively diagnosing and resolving complex analytical problems related to quality issues.

• Must possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry
• 1 year's industrial experience working in a laboratory environment preferred

• We embrace creative tension, knowing an essential ingredient to our growth is the diversity of our backgrounds, perspectives and collective knowledge. We recognize, learn from and elevate one another as we work toward our shared purpose and goals.

• This position is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Working hours are generally 9-5 but may be modified depending on business needs.
• Work is on-site (not remote).

• There may be some business travel (< 10%)