Senior Application Technologist (Beverages), APAC

About Symrise AG

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food. Its sales of € 4.6 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

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Senior Application Technologist (Beverages), APAC

As an Senior Application Technologist, you will initiate new concepts and innovations to meet market trends and customer briefs in accordance with food compliance requirements. You will collaborate with Flavorists and cross functional departments to fulfill project requirements and stay abreast to latest trends in ingredients, processes, applications and technologies.

The Position:

• Develop and initiate new concepts and innovative flavor profiles to meet market trends and/or specific customer briefs.
• Develop optimal concepts from Symrise flavor library
• Review usage of new and existing raw materials for prototype sample development.
• Stay abreast with new developments in ingredients, processes, application and technologies.
• Ensure thorough industry standard testing protocols are in place to provide uniform, stable and consistent application samples in terms of preservatives used, equipment used, stability testing, packaging, processing and physical and chemical properties.
• To be involved in sensory evaluation
• Provide training and mentorship to Junior Technologists on ingredients, technologies and application skills and if there are issues require troubleshooting.
• Recommend and obtain price quotations for new laboratory equipment. Propose and provide budgeting plan for new/replacement of equipment.
• Collaborate with Flavorists and cross functional departments regionally and globally on new flavors and concepts developments.
• Review project reports, propose technical development plan and provide guidance for technical expertise and career advancement
• Ensure developments are in compliance with food regulation, flavor legislation, country permissibility and customer requirements.
• Maintain proper documentation of all projects and development work in systems
• Carry out stability monitoring for application sample and write basic reporting
• Be responsible for health, safety, hygiene, ethical and financial integrity of all projects involved
• Recognize the needs and desire to undertake personal development as the role develops

The Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science & Technology, Chemistry and / or Biological Sciences or equivalent field
• Minimum 5 years of research and / or relevant industry experiences with broad food and flavor science knowledge and understanding of its functionality.
• Strong expertise in sensory evaluation, technical knowledge and application development.
• Strong passion in food ingredients / flavor portfolios
• A strong team player, independent, agility and driven, accountable, creative and innovative.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office