Director Flavour Creation EMEAI

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the Flavor Creation Team EMEAI (including Flavor Portfolio and other support functions)
• Managing the team to follow the company strategy to ensure top-line sales growth, increase operating profit and protect market shares by tracking monthly the approaches and execution on goals
• Representation of Flavor Creation in the senior management forum in EMEAI
• Technical coordination of top tier accounts and global accounts
• Training of Flavorists, enhancing talents and capabilities
• Establishing /monitoring regional and global flavor portfolio, identifying and closing gaps, installing customer libraries
• Support global raw material harmonization
• Development from scratch robust reproducible, creative and innovative beverage and food flavors across a broad range of flavor types aligned with business needs (sensory, costs, regulation, innovation)
• Development of successful matches
• Support of Sales and Product Management activities with flavor expertise and participate in customer visits
• Work closely together with application, regulatory, quality, purchase and production
• Development of replacements of existing materials, ensuring the integrity of formulas with new materials
• Ensure the cost effectiveness of existing flavors and developing a rationalized tool box adequate for the market -
• Support product transfer process by adapting formulas to local requirements
• Management of innovation projects and participation in global platforms of excellence.
• Continuously optimization of the creative process, work flows and tools – Develop jointly with production GCP (good creative practices) to optimize Flavor Production and monitor implementation
• Identifying new business opportunities using new technology and raw materials and align with Flavor Research team to develop innovations
   

Required Skills and Experiences

• Master degree of Science in Chemistry, Food Science/Food Technology or comparable education
• Senior/Chief Flavorist with a minimum of 20 years of experience with a major Flavor House
• Strong Leadership skills, directing the team to support the business successfully
• Strong background in all areas of application (sweet Food & beverage)
• Proven development of successful innovative and complex flavors for beverage, food and dairy applications
• Solid project management experience
• Knowledge of Flavor raw materials and flavor manufacturing processes and their application properties (liquid, spray drying, encapsulation)
• Comprehensive understanding of commercial and economic aspects of the business
• Familiar with EU regulation and critical substances for Germany
• Clear understanding of sensory and analytical tools supporting efficient and effective way of working
• Fluent language skills in English and German appreciated