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Seasoning Creator
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
A Snacks Creator with a global leader in the creation of Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, and a key member of our Regional Taste & Wellbeing Creation & Application team and supporting our customers in the Middle East region while being based in our Dubai office - Your future position?
We are expanding the T&WCA team and hiring a ‘Snacks Creator’ to focus on active and proactive Snacks creation projects for the Middle East region, which includes key markets in the GCC, Iran, and Pakistan. Our customers will recognise you as a solution partner by working on their Snacks projects using the value of Givaudan’s Taste & Wellbeing solutions and Innovation platforms.
Reporting to the Taste & Wellbeing Technical Manager for the Middle East and based in our regional head office in Dubai, you will be an important player in our T&WCA team.
In this exciting role, you will help manage:

DEVELOP THE BEST FLAVOURS RELEVANT TO OUR CUSTOMERS BY APPLYING THE GIVAUDAN CAPABILITIES:

• Follow the project goals and requirements.
• Apply and test flavours in snack applications.
• Build relations with our customers by visiting and communicating with them.

SNACKS CREATION TOOLBOX KNOWLEDGE AND NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION RULES:

• Build an excellent knowledge of raw materials and ingredients from the snacks creation toolbox. Thoroughly understand their profiles, suitability for the different snack applications, legislation requirements, and other customer requirements.
• Stay up to date with the latest developments and new or removed ingredients.
• Identify gaps, find and suggest the addition of new ingredients.
• Ensure that flavour formulations follow both Givaudan and customers’ factory and production requirements, including functionality.

Your professional profile includes:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Biology, or a relevant discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant work experience focussing on creation projects for the snacks category with a Flavour house or a reputed company in the food or ingredients sector.
• Completion of Seasoning Creation Programme
• Preferably have a knowledge of Organic Chemistry.
• Experience in industrial product development and leading customer projects will be advantageous.
• Have a strong passion and interest in new flavours and foods with well-developed tasting skills.
• Have excellent project management and sensory skills.
• A good awareness of market trends.
• Strong oral and written proficiency in the English language. Proficiency in additional languages like Arabic and/or French will be advantageous but not mandatory.
• A team player and comfortable with diversity.
• Willingness to travel across the Middle East markets to meet customers when required.

Our benefits:

• A creative team environment that will inspire you.
• Attractive package.
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.

LI-Onsite

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
Remote working: On-site

Please refer the Job description for details