Senior Application Technologist

As a Senior Application Technologist, you will report to the Regional Innovation Application Manager, Sweet Goods, Dairy and Beverages Asia Pacific based in the Regional Innovation Centre in Woodlands, Singapore.

In this exciting role, you will provide technical and scientific expertise in the development and manufacture of beverages, working with customers in Asia Pacific to develop integrated flavour and ingredients solutions to meet our customers’ needs and deliver food experiences. You will also help to identify business opportunities and inspire creativity by creating an interface between Technical, Sales, and Marketing teams.

Your role will include:

1. Being knowledgeable about multiple product applications and equipment used in the processing of Beverages
2. Work with customers to develop formulas for new products or revise current formulas to meet new requirements
3. Understand customer’s production process and be able to suggest process improvements or changes
4. Maintain an understanding of new ingredient technology, including recommended usage and handling requirements, and determining the best application for new ingredients
5. Comprehend and communicate ingredient restrictions and processing constraints
6. Be recognised by our customers, and Givaudan, as an authority and valued technical resource in specialist area
7. Demonstrate leadership and a proactive approach for technical solutions to customer issues
8. Work with Sales and Marketing to develop product demonstrations and ideation sessions
9. Increase level of expertise in area of specialisation to enhance Givaudan’s technical leadership position
10. Create consumer winning product recipes for using modern ingredients and technologies
11. Work with regional account managers and regional innovation teams on customer and market specific commercialization strategies
12. Collaborate with applications technologists in the sub regional Flavour Innovation Centres to win the customer briefs
13. Facilitate exchange of applications knowledge across and global teams
14. Lead evaluations of flavours in food applications for large commercial and innovation briefs
15. Support selection of flavours and functional and nutritional ingredients for key projects according to specified requirements (customer, regulatory, legislation, cost)
16. Maintain the flavour performance and stability data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles and its stability in finished applications
17. Maintain a safe, clean and organised lab environment observing EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines

Your professional profile includes:

• A University degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Chemistry/Biology/Food or Chemical Engineering
• At least 10 years working as a Food Technologist/Application Technologist in beverages application including strong understanding of beverage applications, ingredients, and processes with practical experience in customers’ beverage manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated understanding on many of the flavour reactions/interactions in beverages application
• Demonstrated experience developing new recipes and to review / upgrade existing ones
• Experience translating market trends into innovative products for customers
• Project management skills with proven experience managing customer projects

You will enjoy:

• Attractive package with benefits
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• PTO and family leave