Job Opportunities Sr. Flavorist - Beverage Innovation (115313)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food innovations craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. Theres much to learn and many to learn from with more than 16000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

We develop market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites based across the country. Stretch your skills create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day your energy your thirst for knowledge and your creativity 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.

Consumers demand functional yet exciting beverages. Uncompromising and adventurous they want holistic experiences from sugar-reduced and sophisticated low alcohol alternatives to botanical infusions and relaxing teas. Modern drinks must be innovative if they are to satisfy on every level and pop with every drop. We monitor consumer preferences gathering data and exploring future developments across the globe. We dont just react we proactively co-create better beverages.

In this Global Role you will report to Head of Apply Science & Technology and your focus will be to innovate in flavor creation for the sweet taste and hydration platform while supporting all regional innovation needs. You will be expected to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment. This position is onsite in our Cincinnati Ohio creation center and is an individual contributor with high impact.

• Flavor Research and Evaluation: Execute on Sweet taste category research projects as main focus with Citrus also a prioity. Evaluate materials developed internally or from external sources and assess potential for flavor creation. Formulate flavors with new technologies to meet project requirements for beverage dairy and a wide range of other applications that meet defined project needs including success criteria regulatory compliance cost production requirements.

• Expertise Knowledge Sharing and Partnering:Develop an internal network with regional flavorists and other functions. Use differences in styles thinking and approaches. Be a technical expert. Coach train motivate and mentor flavor assistants. Participate and learn about all departments (analytical chemistry sensory consumer understanding regulatory flavor delivery and manufacturing). Be an advisor to internal customer for ingredient and flavor performance. Contribute to discussions of research plans sensory results/insights making experimental observations.

• Project Management: Support regions and customers on innovation and technologies. Manage assigned projects and provide flavors which meet all defined project needs while following good manufacturing practices sample scale-up production requirements and regulatory compliance. Participate actively in innovation strategy development and execution. Bring new ideas and projects to the innovation pipeline.

You

• Advanced Degree in Food Science Chemistry Biology and any experience in a food applications lab production or related area
• 15 year experience as a Flavorist after completion of an industry standard flavorist training program
• Flavor Creation experience in sweet taste modulation citrus all beverages and other applications
• Demonstrate expert level tasting skills and ability to understand how to adjust a flavor formulation in the direction needed for flavor modifications
• Expert level of raw materials and flavor ingredients knowledge
• Expert level knowledge of global regulatory requirements
• Expert level knowledge of analytical methodologies (GCHPLC Mass Spec.)

Benefits include medical dental vision and a high matching 401k

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At Givaudan you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch peoples 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.
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