SR FLAVORIST

Senior Flavourist

 Kemalpaşa, İzmir

Temporary contract

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project management of major projects to EMEA. 
• Initiate and drive forward briefs/development at flavour and ingredient suppliers (including McC US) to deliver winning product designs. Lead the management of key suppliers from an R&D point of view giving actionable, objective feedback developing our supplier base working toward increased growth for both McC and chosen suppliers.
• Develop and optimise products, and cost reduce product systems, proactively and /or in response to briefs and allocated projects, working autonomously.
• Manage projects, ensuring that the appropriate cross-functional resources (sensory, research, regulatory, commercial, consumer insights, technical services, production and QC) are allocated and co-ordinated to achieve the customer brief to agreed cost and time targets.
• Use sound commercial and technical awareness of our ingredients, processes and customer requirements to deliver ‘right first time’ from scale up in the customers factory ensuring a flawless launch in all customer plants.
• Key contact for customer divisional team.
• Ownership for briefing to the Sensory Group and reporting results to the customer of any sensory or consumer-based validation tests that relate to projects undertaken.
• Mentor junior team members with respect to lab protocol and technical understanding.
• Maintain company standards for administration, Health & Safety, GMP and housekeeping in the work environment.
• Take a customer facing role in all appropriate customer meetings presentations, store support, trials and project updates.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Education:  Graduate in Food Engineering related subject
• Experience:  Minimum of 5 years creative product development experience
• Project management skills
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise
• Proven track record of creativity
• Ability to build excellent customer relationships at all levels
• Commercial knowledge and how it impacts the business
• Ability to discuss and move forward ideas
• Knowledge of tariffs and trade duties within the EMEA countries
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to supervise the work of a team

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