Company: This company is a long-standing, family-owned flavour house with deep expertise in taste preferences particular to its region. It has built its reputation over six decades, offering tailored solutions across various product categories such as beverages, confectionery, bakery, dairy, and ice cream. While still a small and closely-knit team, they are in a phase of expansion, investing in a new production facility that reflects their commitment to innovation, quality, and customer service. The company is seeking to strengthen its development team by bringing in a creative and passionate Flavourist to contribute to both product development and the company’s growth journey. The company’s location offers access to natural surroundings, with excellent transport links to a nearby major city. Their operations support an extensive network of partners, highlighting reliability, efficiency, and long-term growth in a competitive landscape.

Role: The company is currently seeking a talented and innovative Senior Flavourist to join. The position will play a crucial role in the creation and development of unique and appealing flavours for beverages as a focus but also for other sweet applications. It will be part of the Development Department, which consists of two parts: Application and Flavour Creation. You will have a significant role in Flavour Creation as a Team Leader, but without personnel responsibility/direct reports. This means you will plan and direct the work within the group as well as supporting colleagues and training trainees. In this role, you are offered a flexible position where you have great opportunities to influence everything from working methods to the choice of suppliers.

Main Responsibilities

• Work closely with our customers on various development projects and develop flavours according to the set brief. Mainly flavours for beverages but also to some extent for other sweet applications.
• Work on improvements, such as optimizing existing flavour structures.
• Plan the daily work within Flavour Creation.
• Education with the team and act as a mentor for trainees during training.
• Successful development of flavour matches.
• Record and maintain detailed documentation of flavour formulations.
• Provide technical support to clients.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Keep updated on emerging industry trends and flavour technologies.

Key Requirements

• Master's Degree in Chemistry, Food Science/Food Technology, or related fields.
• Preferably 10 years of work experience as a flavourist/within flavour creation.
• Knowledge of flavour raw materials and flavour manufacturing processes and their application properties.
• Excellent tasting skills and ability to consistently describe the flavour profile.
• Comprehensive understanding of commercial and economic aspects of the business.
• Project management skills.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Structured and responsible.
• Team player and familiar with training supporting trainees.
• Familiar with EU regulations.
• Curiosity and passion for innovation and continuous learning.