Description
Our client is a global leader within flavors and ingredients. This role will play a lead part in driving innovation within the bakery category across the US and on a global basis.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Lead customer and PD baking initiatives for clients.
- Hands on Bakery product design and application.
- Prototype development (complete formulation development); comprehensive understanding of bakery science, dough rheology and product formulation.
- Knowledge of ingredients, functionality/interactions in bars, chemically and yeast leavened bakery formulations (Breads, cookies, muffins, tortilla, crackers, bars, low and intermediate moisture baked goods). Design of experiments (DOE), analytical techniques.
- Directly supports customers on specific bakery initiatives- Bench top to final scale-up. Adjusting/adapting formulations, providing insights on ingredient sourcing and nutritional recommendations.
- Complete Portfolio management of flavor & ingredient technologies. Comprehensive understanding of performance in applications and interactions with bakery matrices
- Highly proficient/experienced (hands on) benchtop capability, navigate pilot plant and industrial product manufacture.
- In depth understanding of ingredient interactions.
- Collaborate effectively, leverage internal resources to meet objectives: Technical, business development, sensory, marketing, creation and analytical services.
- Stays informed on technology landscape (IP, market trends, new processing technologies, etc.).
- Identifies new, emerging ingredients and works with internal and external network to source.
- Works with external collaborators such as academic institutions and business partners to accelerate product development process.
The Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferred in Food Science/Bakery Science/Culinary Arts/related science fields.
- 5+ years relevant experience in the baking/flavor/ingredient industry; OR, any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Track record of hands-on bakery product development.
- Must have strong presentation and communication skills.
- Must be Collaborative, works well in team environment.
- Organized, strong project management skill.
- Open to travel (Up to 15%).
- Fluent proficiency in English, both written and spoken, is required.
