Senior Flavorist I

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

If you are a seasoned flavourist with expertise primarily on Sweet category, please keep reading -

• It's an interesting and challenging job fostering flavour development in Kerry China
• A Passion for motivating and driving world class, high-performing R&D and Commercial teams.

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Key responsibilities

• Developing technical solutions for functional flavor in Sweet  categories.
• Providing technical guidance and opinions as requested by senior management, e.g. raw materials, flavor creation, application, sensory evaluation, and regulatory.
• Providing technical services and personal contacts with other flavorists globally.
• Interacting successfully with key customers.
• Leading customer demonstrations of new ingredients and technologies with application technologists.
• Anticipating, investigating and resolving problems with raw materials, flavor systems and finished prototypes.
• Working closely with other functions: application technologies, sensory, R&D chemists, and Global Technical Directors.
• Interfacing with production and other departments as necessary for completion of job tasks.
• Work together with the Sweet  applications group to develop integrated Sweet  solutions.
• Ability to formulate flavors for snack and seasoning
•  Ability to work with the flavor analytical group, and understand and analyze the analytical data
• Other responsibilities assigned by supervisor

Qualifications and skills

• B.S / M.Ss in a Chemistry or Food Science; MS preferred
• 8+ years of direct experience as a Flavor chemist, preferably with sweet applications 
• Regarded as an expert in flavor creation with 10+ years of progressive flavor
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion in food field.
• Initiative, proactive, creative and innovation.
• Organised and attention to detail.