Flavorist, Foods - Geneva, IL

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – but we’re also one of the fastest growing flavor houses! As a global leader in Flavor, we use our culinary-inspired heritage and passion for innovation to create flavor solutions for the entire food, beverage, health & nutrition industries. We’re investing in the future of flavor, and we’re winning! 

We are looking to hire a full time Flavorist. This position will be located in Geneva, IL. This position will report to a Sr Principal Scientist.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work. Flavor is at the heart of our business, and that’s why we are always looking for passionate people who are just as excited to make a flavorful future as we are. Be part of our dynamic Flavor Crew and help us transform the future of flavor – together! 

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the competitive and comprehensive benefits you’d expect from an award-winning global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

 

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

This role will work in the Food Business Unit.  The Flavorist will independently create and evaluate flavors for a variety of applications with the use of proprietary technologies. This role will interface with customers, multiple R&D teams, responding to specific project requests. Additionally, the Flavorist promotes the commercialization of flavors with QA/production and supports on any challenges in the flavor manufacturing plant.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Leading flavor creation in a variety of products and providing excellent great tasting and cost optimized flavors for Industrial Customers.
• Responsible for creation of sweet and savory flavor systems with key emphasis in savory flavors in all formats: liquid, encapsulation, and reaction flavors to meet the brief requirements.
• Self-directing on complex projects including planning and leading cross functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments.
• Close collaboration with the McFONA analytical teams.
• Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and / or with vendors.
• Commercialization of flavors (understanding of processes and operations for product manufacture) and troubleshooting problems.
• Offer Technical Support for formulations to Operation and Quality functions.  
• Interface and communicate project status with customers and commercial team.
• Supervise and instruct lower-level employees.
• Proactively evaluate and assess new ingredients and technologies and work to develop areas that may need improvement.

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Certified member of the Society of Flavor Chemist & minimum 10 years of active flavor creation work
• Proven track record of commercial success in flavor and flavor application development.
• In-depth understanding of ingredients and technology involved with flavor formation, application, and stability.
• Expert in raw materials, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations. Working knowledge of AFFCO compliance for pet care flavors a plus.
• Maintains up to date awareness of literature, influencing project direction and proposing new technology areas to pursue within field.
• Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
• Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions.
• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information.
• Supports & embraces change while continuin