International R&D Technologist Ingredients

Function

• Lead bakery ingredient audits validation projects and supplier evaluations collaborating with R&D production sites quality procurement and ingredient suppliers.
• Develop implement and maintain technical ingredient specifications standards and best practices for core bakery ingredients such as flour fats and improvers.
• Define and deploy best practices for ingredient usage handling processing and performance across bread and sweet & savoury bakery applications.
• Identify test and validate new alternative and innovative bakery ingredients assessing technological performance scalability and cost efficiency.
• Support or lead ingredient selection and technological validation during product development NPD projects and industrial scaleup.
• Act as ingredient technology expert for CAPEX and process projects related to ingredient storage dosing automation and preparation systems.
• Drive product quality improvement recipe harmonization and complexity reduction initiatives across international manufacturing sites.
• Build and manage a center of expertise for bakery ingredients including knowledge management market and technology trend monitoring and internal training programs.
• The role combines handson support at plant level with a more fundamental structured approach to ingredient and process challenges ensuring both shortterm problem solving and longterm robustness.

Your Profile

• Masters degree in Food Engineering Food Technology or equivalent
• Thorough experience in the bakery sector and you have a deep understanding of bakery ingredients and the bakery market (ex. producers).
• You are able to implement your knowledge on a practical level and to translate it into hands on solutions.
• Drive and personality to build relationships with all stakeholders involved and the capability to create commitment to implement best practices.
• You are a teamplayer have an open mind and you are stress resistant
• Experience in managing complex projects
• You are fluent in English and willing to travel in Europe (indication: 40 % of the time)

Our Offer

• You will join an international family business with a strong long-term vision where more than 5700 enthusiastic colleagues go for it together and are driven by 5 strong values.
• We invest in a happy working environment through various sport and team events.
• You can literally taste our passion every day through our fresh and innovative top products.
• You help build a better world; sustainability is high on the agenda within our company.
• You get the chance to grow and develop in a very dynamic environment. Our LLBG Academy supports you to become the best version of yourself.
• An interesting financial package complemented by 1 day home working meal vouchers hospitalisation insurance group insurance a car and 10 extra holidays on top of statutory leave.
• You get the opportunity to roll up your sleeves yourself take initiative and help make a difference.