Senior Flavourist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and imagination, 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. 
In France, discover the empowered passionate professionals who made history creating our legendary perfumery school. Feel the heritage. Acquire knowledge and experience, gained in our renowned European Creation Centre, or from any of our 17 innovative sites across the country. Every day, your commitment, your humility, and your risk-taking will shape our future. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

 

 

Purpose

Lead and coordinate complex flavour development projects, and direct research initiatives and support knowledge sharing, to drive functional business value growth, according to organisational goals and EH&S policies.

 

You will be based in Argenteuil, France and you will report to Commercial Director France

 

Your Main Responsibilities:

 

Flavour Preparation & Evaluation Management

• You will prepare flavour samples as requested for creation and/or applications needs, technology performance assessment, physical testing, etc.
• You will formulate new flavour creations or modify existing flavours to meet project requirements, internal testing needs, or new technology development at an expert level for selected flavour types
• You will coordinate the evaluation of materials developed internally or from external sources and assess potential for flavour creation
• You will execute daily tasks and fully manage assigned projects and provide flavours which meet all defined project needs, considering when relevant good manufacturing practices, sample scale-up, production requirements, regulatory compliance, and leading customer visits for flavour creation and product presentations at the customer
• You will participate with management in the establishment and updating all guidelines related to flavour creation
• You will develop and execute tactical plans to support functional strategy.
• You will execute complex programs and provide technical leadership within their area or group, determine project success criteria in collaboration with team members to create innovative flavours

 

Knowledge Sharing & Expertise

• You will serve as technical expert to resolve flavour production issues and customer complaints and complete ownership of created flavours, if needed
• You will coach, train, motivate and manage flavour assistants and flavourists.
• You will coordinate the participation of other technical functions to learn about all areas of the company (analytical chemistry, sensory, consumer understanding, regulatory, flavour delivery, manufacturing, etc.)
• You will serve as technical expert and advisor to internal and external partners and customers for ingredient and flavour performance at an expert level for selected flavour types
• You will participate as a global champion for new technologies.
• You will take responsibility to build a diverse and inclusive environment and leverages differences in styles, thinking and approaches<