Senior Flavor Technologist

Symrise AG is a leading global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Our clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food. With sales of € 4.6 billion in the 2023 fiscal year, we are a leading global provider. Headquartered in Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States, and Latin America.

Job Title: Senior Flavor Technologist

Job Summary: As a Senior Flavor Technologist, you will be responsible for both flavor application R&D and managing the portfolio library of flavors and natural solutions as a subject matter expert.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement new product formulations and applications incorporating Symrise technologies in various food matrices, including dairy, beverage, confectionary, bakery, and plant-based products.
• Provide total solutions to customers through creative problem-solving skills and technical knowledge of development.
• Evaluate and assess new Symrise technologies, finished products, customer bases, and market samples, and modify existing products and processes to develop new finished product formulations.
• Demonstrate creativity and innovation in new concept brainstorming and generation, and develop proactive applications to enhance further as taste solutions principal and exhibit new technologies and capabilities.
• Evaluate, assess, and develop counter types or matches of food products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to select functional raw materials and other ingredients as required, to stay updated on new technologies and trends.
• Continual and consistent research and upgrade of technical expertise to stay updated on consumer and market trends.
• Assist to coordinate launches and scale up of new products, including trials.
• Strong leadership and active participation to spearhead projects independently and impart knowledge to peers and colleagues to drive commercial success.
• Work closely with cross-functional departments to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables and seamless project execution.
• Conduct presentations for technical visits and act as key direct technical contact to build stronger partnerships with key customers.
• Establish regional and global network to leverage and exchange knowledge to contribute to continuous learning and development.
• Utilizing IT systems for project management, including record keeping, application database, and product information.
• Portfolio manage and review Standard Library of Flavors for sweet and beverage flavors to support the technical portfolio hub and key customers across the business.
• Conduct sensory evaluation and identify gaps to maintain optimal portfolio as new developments or tonalities are created.
• Support portfolio hub for sample requests and evaluations.
• Stay abreast of Sym Script flavor language and provide training to technical and commercial teams.
• Selection of winning flavors from the Standard library to fulfill customer requests.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree qualification in Food Technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in industrial food, pharmaceutical, ingredients, or flavor industry with a focus on sweet, bakery, confectionery, dairy, and/or beverage related disciplines.
• Additional expertise in alcoholic beverages would be preferred.
• Expertise in dairy and confectionery would be an added advantage.
• Strong expertise in sensory evaluation, technical knowledge, and application recipe design and creation.
• Possess good knowledge of recipe ingredients, raw materials, and their function for flavor application.
• Possess good knowledge of Food Standards Code (FSANZ).
• Strong passion in food ingredients/flavor portfolios.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suites.
• A strong team player, independent, driven, and highly agile, accountable, creative, and innovative.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Willingness to accept temporary placements in other locations for project/training needs.