Associate Food Designer Beverages & Dairy

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health & biosciences we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste: Crafting unique technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in Gurugram India (Onsite role). Be part of a motivated passionate and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Independently work on customers projects to select and recommend appropriate flavor and ingredient solution in compliance with customers profile legal cost and stability requirements within established timelines.
• Work in a close collaboration with Sales/Marketing Flavorists Product Experience GRA and other departments to support project execution.
• Participate in new concept generation and other innovation activities and Establish relationship with internal and external customers.
• Develop application formulations based on industrial standards country specific requirements and customers requirement.
• Understand and continuously expanding knowledge of flavor and ingredient function and performance in different applications as well as knowledge on end products manufacturing process.
• Establish project planning and develop excellent beverage & dairy prototypes in response to internal and external customer development briefs.
• Support and drive the use of new technologies within the business.
• Connect with other experts both local and regional to develop best practice for experimental design and formulation.
• Interface with cross functional team as necessary for completion of job tasks.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Food Technology Dairy Technology or any other relevant discipline.
• Minimum 7-8 years experience handling product development in beverage category (RTD DPB CSD PSD cordial syrup Flavored Milk Ice Cream Fermented Dairy etc) or any similar role within food manufacturing food ingredients or flavor industry.
• Knowledge of beverage and dairy raw materials processing and regulations governing the use of these ingredients within the food and beverage industries.
• Strong knowledge of Beverage and Dairy applications formulation manufacturing processes and troubleshooting.
• Self-starter (independent) with ability to work in a cross functional team environment.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal. English language is essential.
• Good operation skill of Microsoft Office System and company IS system.
• Experience in formulating industrial scale beverages (RTD Milk Shakes Ice Creams DPB CSD PSD cordial syrup emulsion etc).
• Knowledge of food safety raw materials food regulations GMP and production processes.

How Would You Stand Out

• Strong Knowledge of Proteins Pectins Gums and other Hydrocolloids.
• Strong project management and experimental design skills.
• Innovative thinker and problem solver with a creative flair and a passion for beverages.
• Communicating and presenting locally and regionally.

Why Choose Us

• Multinational and supporting environment
• Health insurance
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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