Development Technologist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination 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.  
 

Job Purpose

As a Savoury Development Technologist, you are a technical expert and advisor for our savoury customers in the UK and Ireland. You'll be part of a passionate team that works together to develop concepts and demonstrate innovative flavour solutions, stocks and pastes. You embody the Givaudan Superior Customer Experience philosophy working on customer projects, as well as preparing and selecting flavourings, stocks and pastes that help our customers win in the marketplace. Maintain relevant data to sustain the savoury flavour portfolio, according to EH&S policies and business needs.

You will:

• Develop and prepare innovative concepts and products in savoury food applications to fulfil the requirements of reactive and proactive projects.

• Develop stocks and pastes that deliver superior taste and functionality for customers whilst maintaining the integrity of food safety.

• Have a knowledge of flavouring savoury food and food production methods.

• Build a working knowledge of our savoury flavour portfolio and select suitable flavours from the portfolio to meet customer and technical requirements and restrictions.

• Support and help evaluate flavours in food applications for briefs, research projects and portfolio evaluation. Maintaining flavour data and recipe documentation for food products tasting and presentations

• Manage customer projects from initiation to successful completion, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards and keep systems and records up to date.

• Support and lead inspiring workshops, tasting sessions and joint development sessions with customers that deliver outstanding customer experience.

• Collaborate and maintain active exchanges with colleagues, internal stakeholders and our customers.

• Maintain a safe, clean, efficiently stocked and organised lab environment in accordance with EH&S policies.

• Be instrumental in identifying both issues and improvements that support a well-run laboratory environment.

You have:

• 3+ Years of experience in product development or the flavour industry, particularly in the Savoury sector

• B.Sc. in Food Science or Food related degree or Master's degree in food science, Chemistry, Biology

• Solid expertise in formulation, processing and stability of savoury products

• Knowledge of multiple savoury products and their production processes

• Clear understanding of financial aspects of flavour selection and product development

• Strong tasting skills with the ability to effectively describe the flavour profile of the product and provide direction to flavourists for flavour modifications.

• An understanding of the most common flavour reactions/interactions in food products

• Experience leading customer briefs.Experience in transforming market trends into innovative products tailored to specific customer needs.

Benefits you will Love:

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.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.