Senior R&D Specialist
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Job Summary
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with producers and customers to source make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with lifes essentials we enable businesses to grow communities to prosper and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers food service customers and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry beef egg alternative protein salt oils starches sweeteners cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
Location: Vilvoorde Belgium - Position is a Lab/ Pilot plant based position and does not offer remote/ hybrid working.
The R&D Senior Application Specialist - Sugar Confectionery will work closely with Cargill R&D and business colleagues to execute application trials producing prototypes analysing products and ingredients and giving technical advice & training on ingredients and the applications in the Sugar Confectionery category.
You will report into the R&D Director - Sugar Confectionery & Fruit Category
Key Accountabilities
- Plan execute document and present application trials in Sugar Confectionery with minimal supervision
- Work closely with the R&D Associate Application Specialist Sugar Confectionery to ensure application trials are professionally executed
- Develop and produce prototypesdemonstratingthe value proposition of Cargills ingredient solutions
- Expand Cargills knowledge and capability in all relevant sub-applications mostly gum & jellies chewing candy chewing cum hard-boiled candies and aerated candies like marshmallow
- Support and advise the Technical Account Managers on their technical services for our customers projects troubleshootingcomplaintsandgeneral questions
- Analysing sugar confectionery productsingredientsand process aids
- Travel occasionally with the Technical Account Managers to customers as a Subject Matter Expert
- Participate preparepresentand give training at external and internal events like public and in-house fairssymposiumsand innovation days
- Maintain and develop the Sugar Confectionery pilot plant capabilities
- Keep our existing training & customer presentation material and recipes up-to-date and develop this content further
- Provide ideas and give feedback on the ideas of colleagues on new productsservicesand solutions
- Support the build and execution of category growth plans and collaborate with Sales Product Line Management
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Masters degree in Food Science or another relevant discipline
- 5 or more years of job experience in Sugar Confectionery Applications; gums & jellies hard-boiled candies tablets chewing candy and gums and the used ingredients and processes - We cannot consider non food based experience
- Working and documenting at high scientific level
- Fluent in English - Other European languages useful but not required
Preferred Qualifications
- Solid understanding of ingredients especially Sweeteners and Texturizers used in Sugar Confectionery
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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Vendor Management
- Design Controls
- C/C++
- FDA Regulations
- Intellectual Property Law
- ISO 13485
- Research Experience
- SolidWorks
- Research & Development
- Internet Of Things
- Product Development
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
