Senior Flavorist

About the Role:

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity, enjoy working with customers, are collaborative, work with a high sense of urgency and passion, and have a personal commitment to make a tremendous impact, look no further.  We are actively seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Flavorist with flexibility to be based in Olando, FL, Long Island, NY, Marlton, NJ or Indianapolis. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Expertly develop flavor solutions with the voice of the customer at the forefront, including new flavor creation, and existing flavor optimization across a broad flavor portfolio.
• Support sales and marketing objectives and direct customer interaction in support of existing and new business growth opportunities.
• Understand the commercial aspects of the flavor business.
• Manage development and commercialization of flavors from bench to production.
• Support our flavor trainee program and development, and serve as a mentor to help grow their capabilities.
• Spend at least 75% of time actively involved in flavor creation to meet customer and internal project requests; recognize problems, gather and interpret significant data to find creative solutions to complex issues.
• Identify new ingredients and technologies that will provide innovative solutions to our customers and solve their challenges.
• Directly interact with customers and sales team to educate customer on flavor technologies, seek out project opportunities, and build technical to technical relationships.
• Utilize good communication skills, both written and oral; deliver presentations to customers, internal colleagues, leadership, and board of directors.

Requirements

What will you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably a Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or any other relevant discipline and 10 to 15 years direct experience as a Flavor Chemist, preferably with experience with emulsions, liquid and dry flavors, and colors, and flavor applications in food and beverages
• Highly skilled in catalog of flavor raw materials and functionality, processing methods including emulsion and encapsulation technology, analytical methods, regulatory policies, raw material sourcing and quality.
• Must have effective presentation skills and the ability to explain complex matters in a way that is easy to understand.
• Excellent organoleptic skills and knowledge of sensory language required. Must possess excellent mathematical skills, reading comprehension and a proficiency in flavor, formula, documentation, and sensory computer systemsWhat will you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably a Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or any other relevant discipline and 10 to 15 years direct experience as a Flavor Chemist, preferably with experience with emulsions, liquid and dry flavors, and colors, and flavor applications in food and beverages
• Highly skilled in catalog of flavor raw materials and functionality, processing methods including emulsion and encapsulation technology, analytical methods, regulatory policies, raw material sourcing and quality.
• Must have effective presentation skills and the ability to explain complex matters in a way that is easy to understand.
• Excellent organoleptic skills and knowledge of sensory language required.
• Must possess excellent mathematical skills, reading comprehension and a proficiency in flavor, formula, documentation, and sensory computer systems

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance effective on the first of the month following start date
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• 10 Days of PTO
• 9 Paid Company Holidays
• 5 Personal Days
• 401(k)
• Health Savings Account (H.S.A.)
• Long-Term and Short-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)