Camila Barrera

• Developed and optimized beverages, snacks, sugar-free, and low-sodium formulations, ensuring strong sensory performance, stability, and compliance with food regulations. • Achieved 30% cost savings by optimizing raw material formulas for various product lines. • Conducted sensory evaluation sessions, performing data analysis to contribute to product improvement. • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to support scale-up processes and propose market-aligned products that meet customer needs.

• Formulated and developed cosmetic emulsions and personal care products from concept to production ensuring stability, safety and compliance with cosmetic regulations. • Successfully formulated and led the industrial scale-up of a hair-care product line, meeting all quality and stability standards during production. • Coordinated and documented laboratory activities, raw material procurement, and sample delivery timelines.

• Supported senior flavorists in the preparation of flavor prototypes for snack and culinary products. • Conducted sensory evaluation panels and data interpretation to support flavor development. • Optimized laboratory replenishment by developing an Excel-based inventory management system to track raw material expiration dates, reducing waste through a 15-day advance alert.

Focus on food processing, operations management, supply chain logistics, and industrial manufacturing systems.