Senior Application Technologist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with creativity and imagination, 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. 
In China, our mission started more than 30 years ago. We built our success with high-quality products, high ethical standards, and humility. Now, from one our 14 innovative locations across the country, every day, your passion, your expertise, and your commitment to excellence 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, you will report to Application Head directly and 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:

• Execute daily brief-related tasks including 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
• Serve as technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, and customers for specific applications
• Coach, train, and motivate technicians and technologists
• Actively maintain the flavour performance data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles
• 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:

• University Degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology
• 2 - 6 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 tea, and/or coffee, and/or juice conc. Syrup/syrup 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.