• Improve Flavor profitability: review and rework formulas for cost optimization, improve manufacturing efficiency and support business continuity.
• Business continuity: Ingredient replacement, regulatory compliance, supply issue resolution, acquisition integration support.
• Margin improvement via raw materials and reformulation to meet a yearly defined target.
• Creative catalogue maintenance.

• Compliance: Work with Global Regulatory Affairs team to reformulate, to meet regulatory requirements due to customer or country regulations. Communicate the changes to the Creative community.
• Ingredient Replacement: Act as the Regional contact point for all mass ingredient replacement activities.
• Supply issues: Reformulate to ensure continuity of supply, of selling products whenever there is a raw material supply issue necessitating such a change.

• Work with various internal teams to improve low margin items.
• Reformulate to meet margin improvement targets.
• Support the Global Purchasing (GP) group to evaluate new sources of ingredients.

• Work with other Creative Flavorists and GP to improve the process and reduce lead time of new material introduction.

• Assist in troubleshooting for any quality issue and complaints.

• Review and set creative guidelines to ensure formula optimization and efficiency, share lessons learned.
• Responsible to train junior Flavorists.
• Provide training to other functions.

• Bachelor Degree of Science in fields of Chemistry, Food Science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering or any relevant discipline from a reputable institute will be essential.
• 7-10 years of Flavor creation, improvement experience in Flavors, Food Ingredients or Food Manufacturing industry with excellent smelling and taste evaluation skills.
• Proven track record in Flavorist career or Flavorist training certification.
• Possess strong knowledge of Flavors and food manufacturing processes, specifically extensive knowledge of flavor product and efficiency improvements.
• Ability to work independently and within project teams, strong flavor improvement portfolio for key regional or global customers.
• Demonstrate strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, make quality decision and prioritize task effectively and efficiently under pressure and tight deadline.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• International mindset with local market knowledge on key trends, customer needs and tastes.
• Inquisitive and always go beyond when working on solutions.
• Comfortable working in a B2B environment, positive, self-driven and results oriented.
• Strong teamwork, customer orientation, project management, proven ability to oversee all assigned projects and meeting deadlines are highly desirable.

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