Senior Flavor Technologist

Symrise is a leading global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its 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, Symrise is a prominent global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States, and Latin America.

Symrise collaborates with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

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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. You will spearhead various key projects independently, including formulation and application of new product development, modification of existing products, and prototypes, and drive commercialization. You will conduct sensory evaluation, maintain and organize the flavor portfolio library accordingly to support the portfolio hub and key customers for successful deliverables. You will act as the key direct technical contact to build stronger and trusted partnerships with key customers internally and externally. With your strong technical knowledge, creativity, and innovation, you will develop total finished product solutions to key customers to drive and deliver business continuity success. You will report directly to the Technical Director, Food & Beverage.

Lastly, nothing is worth getting hurt for; all members of the business are expected to be safety leaders. You will always uphold and maintain a safe working environment, especially when handling dangerous goods. You will wear appropriate PPE and follow related procedures to ensure safety for yourself and others.

• Development of finished product formulations and applications incorporating Symrise technologies in various food matrices, including but not exclusive to dairy, beverage, confectionery, bakery, and plant-based products, in accordance with industrial standards, country-specific, and client requirements.
• Provide total solutions to customers through creative problem-solving skills and technical knowledge of development.
• Direct evaluation of new Symrise technologies, finished products, customer bases, and market samples, and modification of 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 the key direct technical contact to build stronger partnerships with key customers.
• Establish regional and global networks to leverage and exchange knowledge to contribute to continuous learning and development.
• Utilizing IT systems for project management, including record keeping, application databases, and product information.

• Manage and review the 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 the portfolio hub for sample requests and evaluations.
• Stay abreast of SymScript flavor language and provide training to technical and commercial teams.
• Selection of winning flavors from the Standard library to fulfill customer requests.

• As a safety leader, always uphold and maintain a safe working environment, especially when handling dangerous goods.
• To wear appropriate PPE and follow related procedures (i.e., GMP and HACCP) to ensure safety.
• Always follow safety procedures and report incidents or "near misses" to the supervisor.
• Assist in work coverage when required or if other team members are on leave.

• Bachelor's 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.