Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. The Company achieved sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at www.givaudan.com.

Application Manager, Bakery & Sweet Goods

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. 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. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, 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.

Application Manager, Bakery & Sweet Goods - Your future position?

As the leader of the Food Flavouring industry, Givaudan has a track record in transforming industry standards. The Flavour Application Manager role wants to engage with customers as a true partner by directly contributing to the growth of their brands and engaging with their end consumers.

You will be based in Mumbai and you will report to the Head of Application.

 

Main Responsibilities

As an Application Manager for baked/sweet goods, you will be responsible end to end product development from conceptualization, to table top prototyping and scaling up for commercialization of the product. You will be technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, and customers for Sweet Goods Applications. You will be based in Mumbai and directly reports to the Application Manager.

 

As an Application Manager with Givaudan, you will responsible as below:

  • Complete daily brief-related tasks and apply knowledge during the flavour selection, evaluation and application development
  • Be a technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, and customers for specific applications
  • Lead evaluations of flavours in Sweet Goods applications for briefs, research projects and portfolio evaluations
  • Select flavours for projects according to specified requirements (i.e. customer, regu-latory, legislation, cost) and suggest improvements for the most common applications
  • Establish and maintain relationships with customers; will gain their trust and respect
  • Maintain the flavour performance data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles
  • Identify appropriate flavour delivery systems and technologies for customer projects in specific applications
  • Coach, train, and motivate technicians and technologists
  • Maintain a safe, clean and organised lab environment following EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines

 

Your professional profile includes:

  • Bachelors or Master's degree in Food Technology/ Engineering with min 10 years' experience in Bakery & Confectionery FMCG, New Product Development or production.
  • Understanding of most Sweet Goods (Bakery & Confectionery) applications, ingredients, and processes with practical experience in customers' manufacturing environment
  • Expert technical problem solving skills in Bakery & Confectionery and basic skills in multiple applications areas like Healthcare & Beverages
  • Knowledge of RM, ingredients, storage, distribution and product stability.
  • Experience with many of the flavour reactions/interactions in common food products and the ability to recommend flavour modifications based on performance
  • Project management skills with proven history of leading large development projects
  • Lead customer projects including customer visits.
  • Translate market trends into products for key customers
  • Manage technicians and technologists
  • Manage the performance of group members to exceed the goals
  • Take responsibility to build a diverse and inclusive environment and use differences in styles, thinking and approaches
  • Provide direction for innovation
  • Can engage and secure agreement from company partners
  • Driver of change
  • Have basic understanding / be willing to be trained in sensory, consumer and brand understanding

 

Our Benefits:

  • Constant learning from passionate co-workers
  • Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions
  • Yearly bonus
  • International working environment

 

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

Remote working:  On-site



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.
Join us and Impact Your 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.