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Flavor Technologist

Posted: September 02, 2010

Location: Heilbronn, Germany

Description:

Our success as an internationally leading manufacturer of consumer goods is determined every day by the commitment of our employees. In order to create extraordinary achievements, we need people with passion and drive. For us, this includes common sense and personality. If you wish to put your own ideas into practice and do not want to leave the initiative to others, we will offer you a fantastic opportunity to make a difference.

Our Global Product Development site for dry savory products is based in Heilbronn (near Stuttgart, Germany), historically the origin of our biggest brand in savory products: Knorr. This site has been established as one of the R&D centers to drive project delivery for dry foods as well as low and intermediate moisture foods. It drives functional excellence, whilst effectively combining culinary, nutritional and technological skills.

The mission of the Flavor Technologist’s position is to develop differentiating technologies for reaction flavors and apply innovative taste and flavor solutions into savory products.

Main Responsibilities:

• To develop flavor technologies, particularly in the reaction flavors area, to support the global innovation programme
• To assess opportunities for joint open development with flavor suppliers and ensure the on-time-in-full delivery of the projects
• To deliver new prototype formulations, evaluate them and provide application guidelines for implementations in savory products
• To develop and maintain skills and expertise in the area of reaction flavors, and share knowledge with other team members
• To contribute to other activities of the flavor group, such as managing the flavor raw material portfolio, developing best practices regarding the use of flavor

Job requirements:

• At minimum a bachelors degree is required
• Formal flavor training is required
• Must have minimum three to five years of experience, ideally working as a junior reaction flavourist
• Ability to work in a multi-functional, multi-cultural team environment
• Excellent communication skills in English, knowledge of the German language would be an asset
• Passionate about food and ambitious to deliver the best quality

Above all we offer you a dynamic environment in which people with energy, creativity and passion work together. There are good opportunities to pursue your professional and personal goals and develop yourself on national and international level.

Interested? Then please apply in English online on www.unilever-karriere.de. If you require additional information, please contact Mrs. Annika Heldt at our applicant hotline or by email.

Company: Unilever

Contact Person: Mrs. Annika Heldt

Email: recruitment.de@unileverservices.com

Phone: +42 (0) 225 076 961

Featured Resume

Flavorist & Sensory analyst (PhD) seeking position

Posted: August 16, 2010

Preferred Location: global

Name: Caroline Reverdy

Email: caroreverdy@hotmail.com

Description:

The phenomena linking flavors to their sensory perception have always been a challenging question for me. My six years experience as flavorist has given me the opportunity to become deeply involved in studying and understanding this topic and to develop my passion for aromatic creation. I have also acquired valuable experience and knowledge to face R&D department challenges with a proactive approach. Therefore, my experience in the marketing field has permitted me to gain a better understanding of customer requirements and psychology in order to increase business profitability.

During my PhD and my experience as a flavour specialist also involved in sensory analysis, I organized, managed, analyzed and reported sensory tests with children, adults and internal panels.

My experience as sensory scientist in a research institute has enabled to be deeply involved in sensory analysis methodology. I worked in an environment dedicated to a better understanding of the preferences of the consumers. In the course of my work, I developed, validated and implemented new methodologies and reported the results in oral presentations and publications.

My prime motivations have always been learning and producing new ideas. I am looking for a position which would enable me to use and build on the scientific skills I have acquired over the years on the link between flavours and their sensory perceptions and preferences for the benefit of the company.