R and D Senior Scientist -Savoury Snacks

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World’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries is hiring a R and D Senior Scientist for Savoury Snacks in Dubai, UAE :

Responsibilities

  • Product development of commercially viable seasoning solutions from brief to launch based on robust formulation, application and processes.
  • Demonstrate robust technical understanding a variety of flavours and key savoury raw materials (spices, herbs, vegetable powders, yeast etc.), snack seasoning bases and seasoning functionality
  • Develop cost effective solutions meeting relevant local regulatory requirements
  • Demonstrate clear knowledge of seasoning application on different formats and becomes recognised as a solutions partner by our customers. Interact and troubleshoot with customers on application concerns
  • Work with customers and suppliers to develop innovative solutions and resolve technical problems leading to the formation of strong technical relationships.
  • Work closely with Operations, Sales, Marketing and Regulatory teams to develop integrated, innovative and market relevant solutions
  • Support innovation for new product development and identify new business opportunities to meet customer and consumer needs in Middle East market
  • Has a good understanding of operational systems to fulfill R, D&A responsibility in product scale ups and commercializations
  • Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation, chemical interactions, sensory testing and identify suitable methods for analysis
  • Identify and evaluate technologies and ingredients for new product development, improvements of existing products; leverage existing technologies to identify and promote innovation opportunities 
  • Keeps up to date on best practice and competitor benchmarking on product development to ensure Kerry’s leadership position.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Bachelors/Masters Degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry or a related Applied Science.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in applications / development technologist / scientist roles in the Food industry 
  • Prior experience of developing a variety of product within Savoury Snacks (non-negotiable), raw material knowledge and ingredient functionality as well as sensory evaluation skills
  • Technical and functional excellence in laboratory, pilot plant and factory environment.

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