Process Technology Specialist (m/f/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, 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.  

As a Process Technology Specialist, you are part of an experienced Process Technology team working at our location in Naarden, with a focus on our Liquids, Naturals, and powder factory. As a process technologist, you are a link between product development (new and existing) and production. You will ensure a smooth transition of new products from the trial and testing phase to full production. You also focus on improving existing processes. You identify any critical issues, make recommendations for improvements, and ensure compliance with standards regarding quality, safety, regulations, and customer requirements.

You complete (system) industrialization of new flavors or flavor ingredients from creation to production systems, including specific production requirements regarding equipment, formula or dietary restrictions. You maintain contact with the flavorists and application technologists to ensure that the formula design meets the production possibilities following the agreements regarding new product introductions. You follow the global formula management systems and local production systems.

You report to the Process Technology Manager.

In this exciting role you will:

• Yields/Overall Operations Effectiveness: You are always focused on improving the yield of the site. You will increase yields by improving availability, speed, or quality, and optimizing or changing processes and equipment to accommodate new products.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuous improvement is ingrained in your DNA. You are always looking for improvement or leading improvement processes, and you challenge others to do the same. You identify opportunities and support local improvement projects in the field of process technology.
• Safety: Personal and food safety are second nature to you. The safety of our people and products (food safety) is your top priority. You intervene in unsafe situations and take appropriate measures. In short, you ensure that everyone can work in a safe environment.
• Process Technology: You are the contact for production regarding process-related issues and deviations. You work with other Process Technologists for implementing new processing techniques and for the improvement and standardization of processes.
• Troubleshooting: You investigate production problems related to deviations and inefficiencies in production and provide analysis and solutions.
• Solution-Orientation: You solve production problems reported through multiple systems by production and the quality department. These can be internal problems or external customer complaints. You identify opportunities and support local process technology improvement projects, such as those related to LEAN or GPS.

Your professional profile includes:

• A relevant education at HBO / WO level, for example; food technology or chemical technology
• At least 3 years of experience with Operational Excellence, TPM or Lean
• Green Belt and PDCA level 4 certified or willing to become certified
• Passionate about technology, innovation and continuous improvement
• Relevant work experience in the food industry (FSSC, GMP, HACCP)
• Business fluent in Dutch and English oral and written
• Expert in influencing partners on multiple levels to guide important programs

Your benefits in Naarden:

• Excellent opportunity to grow
• An international and inspiring environment
• Attractive benefits package
• Commuting allowance
• Health insurance

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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.