Certified Flavorist - Sweet Goods

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, 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 the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity 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.

 

As the recognized leader in popular sweet flavor icons, such as strawberry and vanilla, we go to great lengths to create authentic flavors to suit the diversity of international palates. We address the nutritional concerns of today’s consumer, creating balance and putting back flavor as needed to meet consumer preferences. From sweet reduction, richness and freshness, to undesirable ingredients, to rich colors, antioxidants and natural preservatives, we offer a wide range of healthier sweet good and beverage options that enable consumers to keep a closer watch on their dietary and nutritional needs.

 

Reporting to the Technical Director, as a Flavorist on our Commercial Team being located in our Lincoln Park, New Jersey lab, your main focus will be to excel in flavor creation for customer briefs. You will also manage flavor development project ensuring effective and successful creation process in cooperation with customers.

 

• Utilize the Very Best of You: Formulate new flavor creations or modify existing formulations to meet project requirements, internal testing needs, or new technology development for selected flavor types. Embrace creativity and innovation. You will have complete ownership of created flavors.

 

• Collaborate and Mentor: Establish and maintain effective relationships with a broad number of internal partners in all functional areas. Coach, train, mentor and manage flavor assistants. Coordinate the participation of other technical functions to learn about all areas of the company (analytical chemistry, sensory, consumer understanding, regulatory, flavor delivery, manufacturing). Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment observing EH&S policies.

 

• Lead and Influence: Fully manage projects and provide flavors which meet all defined project needs, leading customer visits for flavor creation and product presentations at the customer. Be the technical expert to resolve flavor production issues and customer expectations.

 

You?

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or related area.
• Flavorist training in an industry accepted program with 4+ years experience as a sweet flavorist.
• Experience with sweet modifiers and flavor enhancers background required.

 

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and a high matching 401k

 

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
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.