Flavourist / Flavorist

Requisition ID: 54460
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Savoury Flavourist will independently lead projects, developing flavours in line with business strategy and in response to customer briefs. The role requires to utilize Kerry technology to deliver unique solutions and the ability to work with cross functional teams to optimize the strengths of Kerry and deliver the best Taste and Nutrition experience for customers. The Savoury Flavourist role requires to demonstrate professionalism, flexibility, and adaptability to change together with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Key responsibilities

Develop Savoury Flavour formulations in line with internal and external customer requirements.
Northern Europe customer interaction as required to drive business growth including supporting pipeline activity.
Partner with regional D&A Teams to embed Savoury Taste, with focus on Snack, Meat, PMSSD
Utilise Kerry proprietary Building Blocks and Kerry technologies in flavour creation to meet regional Taste needs and expectations
Develop regional portfolio in partnership with Technology Business Development and Portfolio Manager
Product compliance to all regulatory requirements in partnership with Regulatory .
Link with operations to ensure efficient manufacturing of developed savoury flavours.
Implement and ensure best practice in accordance with Kerry Global Creative Practice
Prepare and maintain accurate recordkeeping on all assigned projects and respect project deadlines.

Qualifications and skills

Bachelor or Masters' Degree in Science, Chemistry or related fields
Minimum of 5 years’ experience working as a Savoury Flavourist with proven track record of creating savoury top note flavours, compound flavours and seasonings German language preferable but not essential
Work Environment: mix of offices, laboratories
Ability to work in multicultural and virtual teams.
Ability to present technical work to internal stakeholders and external customers.
Project management skills
Team player
Flexible to travel.
Aligned to Kerry shared values: courage, ownership, inclusiveness, open-mindedness, and enterprising spirit.

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

Recruiter: #LI-RG2
Posting Type: LI

Please note: We do not accept CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed. Additionally, we will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances. This also applies to CVs or candidate profiles sent directly to any Kerry Hiring Managers. In the event that speculative CVs or candidate profiles are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current or future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency.

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