Job area: Sales
Activity: Food flavouring and taste
Location: Maisons-Alfort, France
Contract type: Permanent Contract
Experience: 1 to 3 years

Contribute to an exciting mission
What will your daily life look like?

Report to Culinary Manager EMEA :

Prepare and create application formulas to address customer projects or market trends in a variety of different application areas
Evaluate competitor products and new product prototypes
Provide technical support to the sales team
the technical support of our sales teams (advice, testing, preparation of presentation tools / kits, samples, etc.).
Understand the technical needs of customers and make recommendations for improvement,
Be in charge of training on our ingredients,
Pilot technical studies on various food applications,
Carry out competitive intelligence,
Work in collaboration with the sales, marketing and R&D teams
Frequent trips to the Europe, Middle East, Africa zone to be expected.

Make a personal impact
That makes you the ideal candidate

Master’s in food science, engineer, master in formulation or equivalent,
2+ years of experience in the food industry; ideally in product development with an ingredient focus,
Experience in recipe development and formulation ideally focused on the showcasing ingredients,
Excellent verbal and written communication (English/French),
Knowledge of the African or Middle Eastern market is a plus,
Eligibility to work on the UE Area,

Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Ability to manage multiple product development projects at the same time.
Understanding of ingredient interactions/functionality.
Organized and autonomous, you enjoy formulation work, handling and tasting a variety of products, and customer contact.
Self-motivated problem solver and the drive to deliver objectives in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Strong collaboration with sales and marketing to understand and develop application demos that fit within customer needs and market trends across the EMEA region.
Open-mindedness, curiosity, thoroughness and a sense of customer / service will allow you to successfully carry out your missions.
The ability to plan, put together well thought out design of experiments, anticipate next steps and incorporate course corrections when hurdles appear.
Executional excellence, personal leadership and customer focus a must.

Let’s take on tomorrow’s challenges together

Within our group, a long-standing player in the sector of natural aromatic ingredients, as a culinary expert of our ingredients used in food and beverages (soups, sauces, snacks, meat products, etc.).