Savoury/Snacks Creator

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Seasoning/Flavour Creator for Savoury and Snacks - Your future role?

As a Flavour Creator in Vienna, you will manage seasoning and flavour development projects, to ensure an effective and successful creation process in cooperation with customers, according to our goals and EH&S policies.

You will report to our Application Manager Savoury/ Seasoning.

You will:

Seasoning/Flavour Preparation & Evaluation

• Prepare flavour/seasonings samples as requested for creation and application needs, technology performance assessment, physical testing, etc.
• Formulate new flavours/seasonings or modify existing flavours/seasonings to meet project requirements, internal testing needs, or new technology development for selected flavour types
• Complete daily tasks and manage assigned projects and provide flavours/seasonings which meet all defined project needs, considering when relevant good manufacturing practices, sample scale-up, production requirements, regulatory compliance.

Knowledge Sharing & Expertise

• When requested serve as a technical expert to resolve flavour production issues and customer complaints and complete ownership of created flavours
• Participate and learn about all areas of the company (analytical chemistry, sensory, consumer understanding, regulatory, flavour delivery, manufacturing, etc.)
• Contribute as technical expert and advisor to internal and external partners for ingredient and flavour performance for selected flavour types
• Contribute to discussions of research plans, sensory results/insights, making experimental observations and helping to make connections to related, but separate technologies

Environmental Health & Safety

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

Your professional background includes:

• Polytechnic or Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Flavour/ Seasoning Creator
• Expert level tasting skills with an intermediate level ability to understand how to adjust a seasoning formulation in the direction needed for modifications
• Intermediate knowledge of raw materials and seasoning ingredients with an intermediate ability to formulate multiple seasoning types to deliver performance for customer briefs, problem-solving processes, research and development needs, etc.
• Intermediate-level ability to interface with customers and effectively discuss the seasoning creation needs for multiple seasoning types and provides direction to help solve performance issues in their applications
• Project management skills with the ability to successfully support large development projects
• Intermediate-level knowledge of local and regional regulatory requirements for seasonings
• Ability to prepare and present complex seasoning creation-related technical presentations
• Intermediate knowledge of application equipment, ingredients, and manufacturing procedures for the production of snack products.
• Expert-level knowledge of seasoning manufacturing equipment and processes

Our benefits:

• Company pension plan
• Accident insurance
• Bonus Payment
• Meal allowance

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Every essence of you enriches our world.
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