R&D Lab Specialist - Chews & Gummies

Job Location: Alba

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, Raffaello, Kinder Bueno and Kinder Surprise. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

We are happy to share that we are currently looking for a talented R&D Laboratory Specialist to join our R&D Technical Category Chews & Gummies team based in Alba (CN)!

This will be the starting point of an exciting career in our dynamic and challenging R&D function, that will enable you to consolidate both technical and managerial skills for a brilliant path in Ferrero Group!

You will have the opportunity to work in a highly dynamic and international environment, focusing on the development of a successful cross-country range of new products.
You will be responsible for ensuring the timely and efficient execution of all laboratory tests in accordance with the evolution of the legislation, ensuring analytical and interpretative reliability to protect the consumer.

Main Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for all laboratory analysis, tests and research in projects, supporting the related decision-making process, as well as ensuring the sampling required for tastings, sensory analysis, taste tests.
You will support the manager in proposing solutions aimed at improving product related aspects, raw materials, semi-finished products and all production processes.
You will participate in the study of new doses and provide for their drafting, collaborating with internal and external partners for new equipment and technologies, editing specifications, technical documentations, guidelines.
Finally, you will be responsible for the organization of the laboratory and you will contribute to the application of the rules on health and safety at work and HACCP.

Who we are looking for:

You will bring your university Master's Degree background in Food Technology/Food Engineering/Food Science or equivalent and your experience of 4-5+ years in Sugar Confectionary food industries with particular focus on R&D laboratories activities.
Your strong knowledge of sugar Confectionery raw materials and their functionalities in the recipes and processes, with particular focus on sugars, glucose syrups, jellying agents (vegetable and animal), sweeteners and flavors will be key to fit the role at best.
You will contribute to the success of the team thanks to your strong pilot plant or factory expertise of main Sugar Confectionery processes and technologies with focus on chewy, jelly and gummy. Your knowledge of production dynamics, sample management, supply of raw and semi-finished products will be a fundamental asset.
Your strives for high standards, seeks innovative & creative solutions, drives continuous improvement of products and processes, and high degree of intellectual curiosity will bring you to success in this role.
Your desire for international mobility is needed to participate in industrial trials in collaboration with Product Technical Performance Managers, together with your true passion for our products, consumers and category.
As a good communicator, your fluency in both Italian and English will be key to perform in our environment.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand, and ability to cooperate with employees at all levels and great organisational skills on the other, would be key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a part of the team and build good relations with stakeholders at all levels. Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment as well as the ability to embed new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become high performer here.