What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ingredient Technician I position at Givaudan?
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, 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. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination 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.
Job Purpose
Follow established procedures and guidelines to prepare flavour samples and take part in flavour evaluations, in order support effective application process, according to business goals and EH&S policies.
Core Responsibilities
Flavour Preparation & Evaluation
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.
Job Purpose
Follow established procedures and guidelines to prepare flavour samples and take part in flavour evaluations, in order support effective application process, according to business goals and EH&S policies.
Core Responsibilities
Flavour Preparation & Evaluation
- Prepare flavour samples as requested for customer briefs, applications needs, technology performance assessment, QC standards, physical testing, etc.
- Act as the main point of contact to provide timely flavour samples for other labs and functions within Givaudan
- Maintain all required formula records and brief documentation in company database software (Lab Notebook, OpenText Athena, Atlas, Lot Number records, etc.)
- Maintain organized and updated stock of raw materials in the lab
- Maintain organized collection of flavours in the lab for immediate response to briefs and applications requests
- Assist in applying flavours to food products when assigned
- Participate in the evaluation of raw materials (including experimental ingredients), new technology, and flavours in food products and provide flavour performance feedback
- Assist in sample preparation for operation of creation tools (Opus, mini-VAS, etc.)
- Maintain a clean and orderly laboratory environment in accordance with EH&S guidelines and good laboratory practices
- Secondary/High School diploma or
- Polytechnic or Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology
- Secondary/High School: minimum 1-5 years of experience in a lab, production or related area
- Polytechnic or Bachelor's Degree: minimum 0-2 years of experience in a food applications lab, production or related area
- Ability to communicate clearly in written and verbal form.
- Proficiency in using common PC applications
- Basic understanding of research documentation protocol.
- Basic knowledge of lab equipment and handling chemicals used to perform lab functions
- Basic knowledge of Givaudan safety, hygiene, and environmental guidelines/requirements
- Ability to follow flavour formulations and to compound flavours with speed and accuracy
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.
