Industrialization Chemist - Your Future Position? (m/w/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 an Industrialization Chemist & Laboratory Manager (m/w/d), you will be part of our Fragrance Ingredients Industrialization Department.

Directly reporting to our Head of Fragrance Ingredients Industrialization, your main responsibilities will be the following:

• Develop safe, sustainable and competitive manufacturing processes in the laboratory followed by scale up through Pilot plant to Production.
• Propose, study, and implement green chemistry technologies (catalysis, enzymatic reactions, flow chemistry, energy efficient processes) at laboratory, pilot and industrial scale.
• Provide support for production teams during the introduction of processes in manufacturing plants.
• Use digital methods for data-driven Industrialization (Process Analytical Technologies, Simulations, Design of Experiments and Data Mining).
• Manage industrialization projects with the collaboration of internal (Manufacturing, Research, Purchasing/Procurement, Regulatory Affairs, Quality) and external partners.
• Build relationships with all partners.
• Mentor laboratory technicians to foster a productive work environment while promoting the highest standards of laboratory EHS.
• Write comprehensive project reports including formal procedures for laboratory and pilot processes.

You ?

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

Your success profile includes:

• PhD in Chemistry, EPFL, ETHZ or similar
• Experimental and theoretical expertise in organic chemistry
• Sound expertise in industrial organic chemistry
• Experience in chemical reaction engineering desired
• Several years of experience in an industrial environment
• Project Management experience
• Fluency in French and English
• Experimental creativity, and open to innovation

Our Benefits :

• Healthcare support
• Paid Time Off and family leave
• Retirement plan
• Sport and leisure clubs
• Company shop
• Staff restaurant

Are you interested in this exciting challenge? We are looking forward to receiving your application! Please make sure you enclose your CV, Cover Letter, Diplomas and Work Certificates.

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.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.