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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.

Senior Application Technologist

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.

Every discovery you make, leads to happier, healthier lives.

As a Senior Application Technologist, you will report to the Regional Innovation Application Manager, Sweet Goods, Dairy and Beverages Asia Pacific based in the Regional Innovation Centre in Woodlands, Singapore.

In this exciting role, you will provide technical and scientific expertise in the development and manufacture of beverages, working with customers in Asia Pacific to develop integrated flavour and ingredients solutions to meet our customers’ needs and deliver food experiences. You will also help to identify business opportunities and inspire creativity by creating an interface between Technical, Sales, and Marketing teams..

Your role will include:

Being knowledgeable about multiple product applications and equipment used in the processing of Beverages
Work with customers to develop formulas for new products or revise current formulas to meet new requirements
Understand customer’s production process and be able to suggest process improvements or changes
Maintain an understanding of new ingredient technology, including recommended usage and handling requirements, and determining the best application for new ingredients
Comprehend and communicate ingredient restrictions and processing constraints
Be recognised by our customers, and Givaudan, as an authority and valued technical resource in specialist area
Demonstrate leadership and a proactive approach for technical solutions to customer issues
Work with Sales and Marketing to develop product demonstrations and ideation sessions
Increase level of expertise in area of specialisation to enhance Givaudan’s technical leadership position
Create consumer winning product recipes for using modern ingredients and technologies
Work with regional account managers and regional innovation teams on customer and market specific commercialization strategies
Collaborate with applications technologists in the sub regional Flavour Innovation Centres to win the customer briefs
Facilitate exchange of applications knowledge across and global teams
Lead evaluations of flavours in food applications for large commercial and innovation briefs
Support selection of flavours and functional and nutritional ingredients for key projects according to specified requirements (customer, regulatory, legislation, cost)
Maintain the flavour performance and stability data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles and its stability in finished applications
Maintain a safe, clean and organised lab environment observing EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines

You?

Join our team of specialists, applying their different skills to the fast-moving world of great taste, and discover where your thirst for exploration might take you. It's your essence we're looking for.

Your professional profile includes:

A University degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Chemistry/Biology/Food or Chemical Engineering
At least 10 years working as a Food Technologist/Application Technologist in beverages application including strong understanding of beverage applications, ingredients, and processes with practical experience in customers’ beverage manufacturing environment
Demonstrated understanding on many of the flavour reactions/interactions in beverages application
Demonstrated experience developing new recipes and to review / upgrade existing ones
Experience translating market trends into innovative products for customers
Project management skills with proven experience managing customer projects