Flavourist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, 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.
In Singapore, you’ll be at the centre of every innovation, creation and solution available to the entire Asia-pacific region. Working with our research, creation and production units, as well as our renowned perfumery school, you’ll make us a greater force for good. Every day, your passion, your creativity, and your expertise 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.

Every discovery you make, leads to happier, healthier lives.

Every day, millions of people around the world savour the mouth-watering taste sensations created by our flavourists - and now it's your time to create those joyful moments. Based in Singapore, you'll join a group of innovators with a deep passion for exploration. You'll report into our Senior Innovation Flavourist. You will formulate new flavour creations or modify existing flavours to meet customer requirements, internal testing needs, or new technology development for selected flavour types.

Your role will include:

- Help evaluate materials developed internally or from external sources and assess potential for flavour creation
- Participate and learn about all departments directly related to completing customer briefs (analytical chemistry, sensory, consumer understanding, regulatory, flavour delivery, manufacturing)
- Complete daily brief-related tasks and manage assigned projects and provide flavours which meet all defined customer needs and which meet good manufacturing practices, sample scale-up, production requirements, regulatory compliance and leading customer visits for flavor creation and product presentations at the customer
- Be the technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, and customers for ingredient and flavour performance for selected flavour types
- Maintain relationships with a limited number of customers; able to gain their trust and respect
- Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment observing EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines
- To resolve flavour production issues and customer complaints and complete ownership of created flavours

You?

Your professional profile includes:

- University degree in food science, chemistry or biology
- 3 years' working as a Savoury Flavourist after completion of Givaudan Flavourist Training qualification or industry equivalent
- Demonstrate expert level tasting skills with a basic level ability to understand how to adjust a flavour formulation in the direction needed for flavour modifications
- Basic knowledge of raw materials and flavour ingredients with a basic ability to create selected flavour types to deliver flavour performance for customer briefs, processes, research and development needs
- Demonstrated experience working with customers

You will enjoy:

- Attractive package with benefits
- Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
- A creative team environment that will inspire you
- Comprehensive healthcare plans
- PTO and family leave

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.