What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Flavorists - Multiple Positions (Teterboro, NJ) position at Symrise AG?
About Us
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise – always inspiring more…
Your role
Our offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.
If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.
Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.
Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.
Symrise – always inspiring more…
Your role
- Develop flavors that satisfy customer needs by utilizing appropriate raw materials and following proper legislative rule and customer restrictions.
- Develop commercially successful flavors as outlined by an approved technical project using FDA approved ingredients.
- Work with internal Symrise food science groups to develop successful beverage products.
- Establish correct titles for newly developed flavors consistent with local regulations and requirements.
- Hold project leadership roles for short and long-term Research and Technology (R&T) specialized projects.
- Participate in the creation of flavors for the savory segment.
- Conduct laboratory testing for new raw materials or new technologies to use in flavor creation and modification.
- Conduct tasting sessions with internal team.
- Prepare flavor samples as requested for customer briefs, applications needs, technology performance assessments, and quality control standards.
- Help evaluate materials developed internally, or from external sources, and assess potential for flavor creation.
- Act as a technical expert and advisor to partners and customers for ingredient and flavor performance for multiple flavor types.
- Contribute to discussions of research plans, sensory results/insights, experimental observations, and connections to related but separate technologies.
- Coordinate first-time production of new flavors or critical flavors in production while resolving and troubleshooting any technical or formulae related issues that arise.
- Coach, train, and mentor flavor assistants.
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, food engineering, or a related field.
- Ten years of experience in the creative function of the flavor industry.
- Advanced knowledge of raw materials and flavor ingredients.
- Experience formulating flavor types to provide flavor performance for customer briefs, troubleshooting process, and research and development needs.
- Experience working with customers and discussing the flavor creation needs, providing direction to solve flavor performance issues in their applications and presenting technical presentations on complex flavor creation.
- Knowledge of local and regional regulatory requirements for flavors.
- Knowledge of analytical methodologies including GCMS, LC-MS, LC-QTOF, IR, and Spectroscopy.
- Knowledge of flavor manufacturing equipment and processes.
- Knowledge of flavor performance and experience using data to improve performance.
- Knowledge of flavor reaction chemistry including the Maillard reaction and its application for commercial success in flavor creation.
- 15% domestic and 5% international travel.
Our offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.
If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
