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Senior Flavorist

Florida Food Products LLC
locationCranbury, NJ, USA
PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022
Science
Full Time

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY: Vibrant Ingredients is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Flavorist to support the growth of the beverage and food category by working with customers to provide solutions with innovative and winning flavors.

Skills, Traits, & Competencies:

  • Flavor Creation Skills: > 10 years’ experience, with a proven track record of sales in the beverage and food categories.
  • Excellent technical execution and project management skills
  • Highly developed organizational skills
  • Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels of the organization.
  • Great presentation skills and a love for customers are necessary
  • Ability to travel up to 25%

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Development of innovative flavors for the beverage and food industry that are aligned with the business strategy
  • Ability to manage and drive projects to a successful outcome
  • Ability to develop Technical to Technical relationships with customers
  • Ability to create flavors from scratch, as well as optimizing existing formulations to deliver winning flavor solutions to our customers
  • Excellence in matching capability
  • Develop a robust portfolio of consumer preferred flavors and flavor systems that support our targeted customer needs in various formats including liquid, spray dry and emulsion flavors
  • Work closely with product developers to create great tasting prototypes for both proactive and reactive projects
  • Collaboration with analytical team to develop a robust database of flavor and ingredient analysis
  • Work closely with procurement to ensure best pricing and ingredient quality in flavor formulation
  • Support sales and marketing to deliver customer presentations and prototype development that promote existing and new business growth opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Science degree or higher (preferably in Food Science/Chemistry) from a reputable school
  • Certification from the Society of Flavorists desired
  • Proven track record of success in the Flavor industry
  • Full working knowledge of flavor raw materials, flavor creation and flavor chemistry
  • Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and delivery technologies
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Highly established project management skills including MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.)

About Vibrant Ingredients

Founded in 1954, Vibrant Ingredients is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company’s broad portfolio — including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions — enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and foodservice operators. With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise. Learn more at www.vibrantingredients.com

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