Sr. Product Applications & Development Technologist (Beverages)
About The Position
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food. With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America. Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked. Symrise – always inspiring more...
Requirements
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in food science (or related), MS degree preferred.
- Five to Eight years of experience in beverage applications or beverage product development.
- Deep expertise in multiple beverage areas, plus broad knowledge of ingredients and various processing technologies.
- Broad knowledge of beverage finished product manufacturing.
- Knowledgeable of HACCP/Food Safety practices
- Proven ability to interpret and translate Customer & Marketing direction into winning Beverage concepts
Nice To Haves
- Experience working through the entire product development & commercialization cycle &/or working for a CPG company is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of customer projects, managing scope, timelines, and risks to meet technical and commercial objectives.
- Lead complex programs for strategic and/or large customers and lead customer co-creation sessions.
- Take on special tasks and cross-functional initiatives to support BU objectives.
- Lead development of differentiated beverage prototypes (e.g., water, coffee, tea, dairy, carbonated, juice, alcoholic, functional) that translate Marketing insights and BU strategy into customer-ready solutions.
- Develop robust formulas and total beverage systems that balance performance, processing, cost-in-use, and quality.
- Stay current on ingredients, technologies, and processing to proactively enable new opportunities.
- Act as a trusted technical partner to customers, providing expert guidance from concept through commercialization.
- Resolve complex formulation and scale-up challenges by applying advanced knowledge of flavors, technologies, processing, and ingredient functionality.
- Travel to customer sites to support technical presentations, workshops or commercialization activities.
- Provide technical coaching, training, and mentoring to elevate team capability, promote best practices, and strengthen overall technical excellence.
Benefits
- A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
