Sr Flavorist

SR FLAVORIST MIDRAND, GT, ZA

Main Responsibilities:

1. Management Support & Cross-functional Sub-functions Leadership: Partner with R&D Manager for strategic decision-making activities.
2. Product & Project Management: Manage projects from concept to launch phase, ensuring that the appropriate resources (sensory, research, regulatory, commercial, consumer insights, production, and QA) are coordinated to ensure that the action standards of the brief are met and completed successfully.
3. Customer Interaction: Lead problem-solving activities with customers to unlock technical solutions.
4. Administrative Activities: Input formulation development data into SAP RD to ensure development traceability and formulation costing.
5. Sensory Evaluation to Support NPD: Participate in internal Sensory Evaluation activities to develop a strong awareness of the sensory attributes of new products and raw materials.
6. Inter-Functional Support: Actively support Supply Chain and QA with technical know-how on NPDs and current product quality maintenance where necessary.
7. External Orientation: Interact with Suppliers and the Industry, through workshops/seminar attendance, to ensure the latest trends and technologies are incorporated into development activities.
8. Resource Management: Dynamically manage resources within the sub-team.

Candidate Profile:

1. Diploma / B-Tech Degree - Food Technology, Biotechnology B. Sc - Food Science or equivalent qualification.
2. Product development experience within an FMGC environment (preferred).
3. Team Player – ability to interact cross-functionally.
4. Self-starter – ability to initiate without being prompted.
5. Self-motivating – taking ownership and accountability.
6. Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
7. Highly adaptable to change.
8. Good communication skills – ability to present to internal and external stakeholders.
9. High intellectual curiosity – research-oriented.
10. Ability to develop customer relationships and maintain customer intimacy.
11. Attention to detail.

Why Work at McCormick?

United by flavor. Driven by results. As a McCormick employee, you'll be empowered to focus on more than your individual responsibilities. You'll have the opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself—to have a say in where the company is going and how it's growing. Between our passion for flavor, our long history of leadership and integrity, the competitive and comprehensive benefits we offer, and our culture, which is built on respect and opportunities for growth, there are many reasons to join us at McCormick.