South Africa Head of Flavours Food Industry R&D
South Africa Head of Flavours Food Industry R&D
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Job Description
We are looking for the
Head of Flavours
for a medium sized flouvor company
- Location Johannesburg area
- you will lead a small team
our customer is
- a trailblazing developer and manufacturer of flavours and fragrances for a broad range of products from food and beverages to household and personal care.
- As an industry pioneer in sub-Saharan Africa were known far and wide for our excellent service and high-quality products.
- Over the years were proud to have helped create and define some of the continents best-loved brands. This is due to the fact that we dont just understand the science of fragrance and flavour but the psychology behind it too which allows us to craft uniquely appealing tastes and scents.
Tasks
Purpose of position:
Team Leading
- To create and develop flavours.
- To provide technical direction and expertise during product development in flavour development and application.
- To lead new flavour concepts and product exploration to expand and enhance the current product range of flavours of the company.
- To coordinate the activities of the department such as application matching & creation selection and sampling to support the companys overall goals strategic direction and client expectations
Roles and responsibilities:
- Lead all department activities new flavour concepts systems and processes.
- Develop new flavours according to specifications as per briefs.
- Develop implement and communicate a strategy for growing the companys flavour business both locally and internationally.
- Assist with regular market evaluation.
- Facilitate formal briefing sessions between the development team and sales teams.
- Provide regular product updates to the sales teams until brief is submitted and receive feedback from the client.
- Ensure samples are provided to clients that meet specifications and TAT expectations as per the brief.
- Invest and explore into new business developments pro-actives and trends as per communicated market needs.
- Instill creativity exploration exploitation continuous professional development learning and knowledge sharing principles in staff.
- Grow the companys revenue and market share by expanding its product base assisting the sales teams to sell more products and extract more value from existing customers.
- Identify and continuously refresh the companys product base.
- Provide technical support to Sales as required to assist in crafting bespoke and competitive lavours.
- Ensure briefing and data management of raw materials formulations and intellectual property.
- Ensure the flavour department is capacitated and capable to effect efficiency and effectiveness targets of the business.
Requirements
Requirements & Skills:
- BSc degree in Food Science and Flavouris
- Management training
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Customer service oriented.
- Time management skills.
- Reporting skills.
- 10 years experience in the flavour development industry.
- 5 years experience in management.
Please apply in English
Please call me for a confidential discussion unter
Employment Type
Full Time
