Director Innovation Global Beverages Taste - Princeton, NJ

Director Innovation Global Beverages Taste

Location: Princeton, NJ/US

Location: Hybrid

 

Does managing all beverage innovation sound like a challenge you’d like? Are you well versed in flavors?  Do you have strong team leadership and the belief that together we can bring progress to life?  Read on!

 

Within Taste, Texture & Health, the global Taste innovation team designs, develops and deploys customer and consumer relevant technologies, ingredients and solutions. We work cross-functionally in the company with Science & Research, Operations, Regulatory, Ingredients Solutions and other Business Units. And we innovate using three magic ingredients: Science, Creativity and Collaboration.

 

We’re hiring for Director Innovation Global Beverages Taste to manage beverage innovation globally.  You’ll lead a team on 3 different continents.  You collaborate with R&D – and can speak the lingo – and work with the Technical Program Lead Beverages and others to manage the innovation pipeline and champion it.

 

At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work, benefiting to our People, Customers & Communities and driving business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a global team of beverages experts, flavorists and technical project managers supporting Taste innovation programs and provide training and development opportunities to all team members
• Drive excellence in technical execution: support experts in designing, validating experiments in a consistent and relevant way
• Grow our capabilities to be aligned with Beverage industry standards and latest technologies
• Select the right resources and expertise for Program Leaders to develop and launch innovative, creative and cost-effective solutions to meet untapped market needs and assure both dsm-firmenich and our Beverages clients success,
• Provide Expertise to customer teams for high value sophisticated beverages briefs or Innovation presentations,
• Ensure close collaboration with Science & Research and Regional technical teams, act as a partner and bridge knowledge to have full engagement from our partners at large.

 

This position is eligible for the dsm-firmenich Hybrid Working model, spending 3-4 days per week in office and the balance of the work week in a home office that is commutable by car to Princeton, NJ.

 

We bring:

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things
• A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome
• Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity
• Competitive pay, career growth opportunities and outstanding benefits programs

 

You bring:

• Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience in Innovation, R&D, Project Management within a Flavor company or a Global Beverage CPG company required
• Strong technical background in Food chemistry, Flavor development and related fields
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills
• Innovative with scientific rigor
• <