Technical Head SEA Taste & Wellbeing

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference for billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

About the role: Contribute to formulation and implementation of C&A technical strategy and animate knowledge sharing among all departments to lead the organization's effectiveness, according to our goals and within budget.

You will report to the Commercial Director SEA and be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Budget and Strategy

• Provide direction from the local applications and creation standpoint to develop S+T strategies.
• Manage the lab/pilot plant equipment needs within the capital budget to improve the technical projects within the Segment Group, Creation Group, and Country Technical team.
• Coordinate with all departments on the needs of the department and manage the approach and tools needed to improve the technical execution of the Segment Group, Creation Group, and Country Technical team.

Technical Expertise

• You will be the main technical contact at selected key accounts to develop relationships at the customer to better complete all levels of project requirements and lead customer visits and product presentations.
• Be a technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, application, sensory, and customers for multiple applications and creations.
• Participate as a local champion for new technologies.

People Management

• Manage the performance of a team of more than 4-6 members in the Segment Group, Creation Group, and Country Technical team to accomplish the technical objectives and meet or exceed the goals.
• Take responsibility to build a diverse and inclusive environment and utilize differences in styles, thinking, and approaches.

Your Education

• Polytechnic or Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related area; or M.S. in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related area; or Ph.D. in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related area.
• Polytechnic or Bachelor's Degree: minimum 10+ years of experience in a food applications lab, flavorist lab, production, or related area.
• M.S.: minimum 7+ years of experience in a food applications lab, flavorist lab, production, or related area.
• Ph.D.: minimum 4+ years of experience in a food applications lab, flavourist lab, production, or related area.

Your Professional Experience

• Project management skills with an excellent record to develop a broad set of relationships across all functional areas inside Givaudan and at several key accounts.
• Complete ability to effectively work with customers and provide technical solutions for all issues and engage the correct technical team at Givaudan.
• Supervise and manage all levels of the technical team and routinely provide guidance for their knowledge and technical skill development.
• Prepare and present a broad variety of innovative technical presentations within Givaudan and to customers.
• Ability to communicate with all functional groups to effectively align resources and successfully execute technical objectives.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate, and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions, and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers, and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.