Culinary Innovation Specialist

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Culinary Innovation Specialist

Job Summary:Are you passionate about developing innovative solutions in the culinary industry? We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions. As a Culinary Innovation Specialist, you will conduct product development work in various culinary applications on all product lines.This is a Singapore based position and will report to an Application Lead.

Your Focus:Lead culinary projects in development of new solutions and application or modification of existing products, recipes and/or processes based on needs of our customers as well as enlarge solution and concept pool for future business opportunities.Provide timely technical support and knowledge, using textural, stabilizing ingredients including hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, enzyme, protein and other functional ingredient into Culinary and Processed Meat applications, to internal and external customers with prioritisation based on customer status and project business impact

Specifically:Professional and timely responses in line with agreed timeframesAccurate and detailed technical project work and associated reportsCost effective approaches and solutions to technical support projectsRun laboratory trials on formulations of various Culinary & Processed Meat, as required.Ensure all activities are in line with policies, business strategies and Global Innovation Rules as well as safe, hygienic and efficient day-to-day operations of the Dairy, Beverage, Frozen dessert laboratory and facilities.Regularly update and maintain technical self-note into relevant databases that the company may develop and introduce from time to time.Commitment to all company's policies, rules and regulations and quality and continuous improvement programs.Attend and contribute to relevant knowledge meetings and various Company local and regional conferences, trade exhibitions and business meetings where required.Participates in Category initiatives and/or new concept generation.Visits clients and presents technical information and taste and texture design concepts.Works in close collaboration with Sales/Marketing, GRA and other departments to support project execution.Assist and support line manager for projects, Technical-Service-Requests development, project and lab management.Share and present products' knowledge and application technology to internal and external customers.Help to troubleshoot in design formulation and processing related issues.Conducting assigned technical related projects with minimal supervision and any other tasks or projects assigned by Application Lead. What You Will Need To Be Successful:Degree in Food Science, Food Technology or any other Food related or relevant discipline.At least 8 years of relevant industrial experience in Culinary, Processed Meat, Plant Based Meat, Food Ingredients industry or equivalent.Strong experience in designing product formulation of Culinary industry or equivalent.Familiar with ASEAN taste preference.Good knowledge of food ingredients, including: Raw material knowledge, especially hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, protein, flavors, etc.Product development (incl. Formulation)Culinary processing parametersUnderstanding of commercial factors that affect product cost and selling priceGood communication skill both written and verbal, good fluency in English is required.Willing to travel within ASEAN as and when required.Good familiarity with Microsoft suite apart from Application related IT System or Application.

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