Food Technologist Culinary

**Solution Design**
- Understand key steps in projects from creation to production, with occasional supervision.
- Manages time and projects for assigned tasks under occasional supervision.
- Exposure and awareness of GRA, legislation restrictions and its impact on development of solutions recommendations
- Develops finished product formulations incorporating IFF technologies and meeting industrial standards, country specific and client requirements (profile, legal, cost and stability requirements).
- Takes responsability for creative project task within a project, under supervision
- Refines attributes (taste and texture) language and articulates with team and project members.
- Continuously evolves/expands knowledge of ingredients and materials for Product Design.
- Participates in new concept generation.

**Innovation & Technology**
- Supports local and regional C&D and Category Growth Initiatives under direction from manager.
- Successfully demonstrates new technology in appropriate projects.
- Demonstrates an understanding of IFF Innovation Programs.
- Clear understanding and execution of IFF Innovation processes.
- Understands ingredient functionality and flavor performance in different finished products and incorporates technology appropriately.

**Customer Intimacy & Technical Partnership**
- Ability to interact with other functions: Production, Quality control, Sales, Marketing and Product experience
- Provide technical services to customers as needed (plant trials, troubleshooting, and training).
- Demonstrates an understanding of customers, category markets, brand understanding, and consumer preferences.
- Visits customers and presents technical information and taste and texture design concepts.
- Develops strong relationships with aligned customers and related categories.
- Assist customers by participating in in-house visits, answering technical questions, and conducting seminars and presentations as assigned.

**Leadership**
- Shows positive attitude and passion.
- Shares knowledge with the team
- Demonstrates ability to work within a team.
- Inspires and build confidence in others to achieve targets.
- Sets smart objectives and development plans with supervisor

**Job Requirements**:

- Minimum 1-2 years working experience in industrial food, ingredient, or flavor industry.
- Minimum entry level is a University/College Degree in Food Science and Technology or related disciplines (such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, Culinary Science, Culinary Arts, or Biology).
- Knowledge about culinary technicals is mandatory, experience with processed meat and sauces design are desirable.
- Strong communication (verbal and written), organizational and interpersonal skills are necessary.
- Travel may be required up to 10% of the time to in person customer presentations or internal offsite presentations or collaborative sessions.
- This position is considered an Anchor and requires working in the lab/pilot plant for 5 days/week.
- Intermediate English
- Proven sensory capabilities and active participation in sensorial tests