Job Summary
Would you like to be part of a strong international team working on groundbreaking enzyme solutions for the food industry?
We are looking for a scientist for the Enzyme development Department in Brabrand. You can become part of an ambitious interdisciplinary team that develops enzyme products for the food industries such as bakery, brewing, beverages, culinary and plant-based food. Enzymes that enable healthier, higher quality and more sustainable food production. Our focus areas are enzymes for application in global food industries to meet the needs for sustainability, better use of raw materials and better nutrition.

Your tasks will include:

• Be an integral part of a diverse global team of scientists and application specialists who work together on projects to support and further strengthen our enzyme products in our Food Bioscience business.
• Participate in projects aiming at developing new enzyme solutions for the food industries.
• Help investigate the mode-of-action needed for new enzymes to solve the future needs in the various food businesses.
• Biochemical characterization of enzymes and evaluation of enzymes in relevant application model systems.
• Design experiments, execute laboratory work, review data and analytical results, prepare reports and communicate these to internal and external stakeholders.
• Use peer reviewed literature and patents to guide experimental design.

Who you are:

• You have a master’s degree in biochemistry with at least 1 year of relevant experience or you have a PhD in biochemistry or related fields.
• Interested in understanding the functionality of enzymes in industrial food applications.
• Demonstrated innovative and creative skills.
• Extensive experience from working in laboratory.
• Shows creative and out of the box thinking in developing innovative solutions preferably within industrial application of enzymes.
• Motivated to play a role in developing new products for the global food industries and interested in both laboratory work as well as data interpretation.
• Demonstrated skills to enable methodical, systematic, and accurate research work, with attention to details and able to deadlines with complex or new issues.
• The department is part of an international environment with colleagues around the world, and therefore you must be able to communicate and document flawlessly in English.
• It is expected that you are familiar with different IT programs and are interested in learning new software.

Your Personality:

• Passion at bench. Demonstrated ability to start new research and establish lab analysis / techniques.
• We expect that you are a person who finds it easy to collaborate with your colleagues, and that you come with a positive attitude and a passion for the laboratory profession.
• Team player and self-motivated with excellent interpersonal and communication skills on all hierarchy levels.
• Innovative, positive and creative in the way to achieve a new goal set.
• High individual drive and entrepreneur attitude towards technical problems

What do we offer?
You will be part of project teams, which are part of a larger department that work in global projects with colleagues from around the world and develop products for large global companies. We have a strong commitment, diverse competencies, broad experience within enzymology, biochemistry, and enzyme functionality in industrial applications – all used in to drive new product development and service a growing business.
Position is at the Innovation site in Brabrand, Denmark, anchored.
If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Senior Lead Scientist Jacob Cramer, +45 29326494.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
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• Be an integral part of a diverse global team of scientists and application specialists who work together on projects to support and further strengthen our enzyme products in our Food Bioscience business.
• Participate in projects aiming at developing new enzyme solutions for the food industries.
• Help investigate the mode-of-action needed for new enzymes to solve the future needs in the various food businesses.
• Biochemical characterization of enzymes and evaluation of enzymes in relevant application model systems.
• Design experiments, execute laboratory work, review data and analytical results, prepare reports and communicate these to internal and external stakeholders.
• Use peer reviewed literature and patents to guide experimental design