Senior Application Technologist I

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.  

Senior Application Technologist -  Your Future Position?

As a Senior Application Technologist in our Taste & Wellbeing Division in Korea, you will participate in flavour application and provide technical expertise to drive operational excellence and improve client delivery systems, according to business goals and EH&S policies. Sound interesting? It could well be your good opportunity. If, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, deliver value and skilled at fostering strong relationships.

In this exciting role you will:

Flavour Application & Savoury Seasoning Creation

• Execute daily brief-related tasks including savoury seasoning creation, flavour selection, product evaluation, and application development
• Lead evaluations of flavours in food applications for briefs, research projects and portfolio evaluations
• Select optimal flavours for projects according to specified requirements (i.e. customer, regulatory, legislation, cost) and suggest improvements for the most common applications
• Identify appropriate flavour delivery systems and technologies for customer projects in specific applications

Knowledge sharing & expertise

• Serve as technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, and customers for specific applications
• Coach, train, and motivate technicians and technologists

Data maintenance

• Actively maintain the flavour performance data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles
• Actively maintain the formula of savoury seasoning for internal / external brief

Environmental Health & Safety

• Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment in accordance with EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow shape your own world? Who thrives being in a culture where you can express yourself in creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come to join us – and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:

• B.S. in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or Master’s Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology
• Minimum 5 - 7 years of experience in a food applications lab, production, or related area
• Understanding of selected food applications, ingredients, and processes with practical experience in customers’ food manufacturing environment
• Basic understanding of many of the flavour reactions/interactions in common food products
• Project management skills and the ability to successfully lead selected customer projects
• Ability to effectively participate on customer projects including customer visits
• Basic technical problem solving skills in a specific applications area
• Ability to translate market trends into innovative products for selected customers
• Ability to instruct technicians and technologists
• Capability of instant noodle, and/or bouillon, and/or HMR, Food Service is a value-added

Our Benefits:

• Attractive package with benefits
• Paid annual leave and sick leave
• Commercial insurance
• Good opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you

#LI-Hybrid

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.