Application Scientist - Fruits and Vegetables

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In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

From the most wholesome, minimally processed ingredients delivering vegetable goodness and authenticity, to the most advanced fresh flavor signatures, we offer solutions that trigger and support intuitive health perception. These solutions draw consumers to better-for-you options before delivering enjoyable eating and drinking experiences without compromising on indulgence.

Driven by health and sustainability aspirations, the plant-based and flexitarian trends are stimulating vegetable-powered culinary creativity in mainstream segments. But that’s not the only reason why consumers choose vegetables. Food is also a passport to an infinite world of adventures. Think kettle-cooked or flame-roasted vegetable ingredients, complex flavors that recreate the richness of home cooking, or ready-to-use integrated solutions that blend operational convenience with superior taste.

Reporting to a Technical Manager, you will be an Applications Scientist for our Fruits and Vegetables Applications group (a part of our Flavor Creation and Applications team) and will be on-site in Bedford Park, Illinois. The primary focus of this position is to execute daily brief-related tasks and apply knowledge during the flavor selection, evaluation and application development. Be a technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavor creation, and customers.

• Showcase your Technical Expertise: Lead evaluations of flavors in applications for briefs, research projects and portfolio evaluations. Select optimal flavors for projects according to specified requirements (i.e. customer, regulatory, legislation, costs) and suggest improvements for the most common applications. Identify appropriate flavor delivery systems and technologies for customer projects in specific applications.

• Establish and maintain effective relationships: With a limited number of customers, be able to gain their trust and respect. Actively maintain the flavor performance data for the flavor portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles. Coach, train and motivate technicians and technologists.

• Manage Organizational Effectiveness: Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment following EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines. Manage projects with the complete ability to lead large development projects.

You?

• B.S. in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or other to also include relevant work experience
• 5+ years of experience in a food applications lab, CPG product development, production, or related
• Project management skills and the ability to successfully lead or participate on selected customer projects that may include customer visits (their site or ours)
• Translate market trends into innovative products for selected customers and to instruct technicians and technologists

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement and a high matching 401k

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
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