Givaudan Fragrances is hiring: Seasoning Creator in Carol Stream

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, 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. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination 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 a Seasoning Creator, you will lead the development of snack seasoning solutions that align with customer specifications and industry standards. You will center on managing complex projects, creating unique formulations, and providing technical expertise. You'll help ensure quality, safety, and regulatory compliance within your creations. With experiences through flavor science, we offer the chance to shape impactful products in a collaborative manner.

Your Title: Seasoning Creator
Your Location: Elgin, Illinois
You will Report to: Technical Director

Responsibilities:
Seasoning Development & Project Leadership
* Lead and coordinate complex seasoning development projects, ensuring agreement on goals and EH&S policies.
* Create new or modify existing seasonings to meet customer specifications and internal testing needs, applying an advanced understanding of multiple seasoning types, with emphasis on the snack space.
* Oversee large research and technical projects, including seasoning creation and leading customer visits.
Technical Expertise & Collaboration
* Serve as a technical expert on flavor profile, raw materials, and nutritional information, providing insights to sales, marketing, and customer teams.
* Manage the evaluation of seasoning materials from both internal and external sources, ensuring products meet customer needs, regulatory standards, and good manufacturing practices.
* Provide comprehensive technical support to resolve production issues and address customer complaints with full ownership of created seasonings.
Team Management & Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S)
* Manage and train seasoning assistants, promoting a diverse and inclusive environment.
* Maintain a safe, clean, and organized lab environment, ensuring adherence to EH&S policies and contributing to the establishment of lab safety standards.

Your Professional Profile Includes:
* Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or Biology, with 5+ years of experience in seasoning creation, with time in the snack space.
* Mastery in tasting and seasoning formulation, capable of adjusting formulations to meet specific modifications.
* Expert knowledge of raw materials and seasoning ingredients across multiple product categories, with experience in more than one country/region preferred.
* Strong project management skills with a successful track record in leading large customer and technical development projects.
* Comprehensive knowledge of local and regional regulatory requirements for seasonings.
* Ability to prepare and present complex technical presentations, integrating intermediate knowledge from other areas like sensory analysis and marketing.
* Knowledge in seasoning functionality and the ability to formulate to specific needs.
* Competencies in customer focus, innovation, nimble learning, team-building, decision-making, and values diversity and inclusivity.

Benefits:
* Great compensation package.
* Major medical, dental, and vision coverage.
* Generous 401k matching program.

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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.