Sr. Technical Manager (Flavors) - Health Nutrition & Care

Plainsboro, NJ, US

Onsite

Join us to bring the Desirable Taste to Essential Health and Nutrition Products. You will be the Single Point Of Contact of the NAM Health, Nutrition and Care BU with the world of Taste, ensuring best resources are working on exciting customer briefs to deliver not only business growth but great tasting and healthy products to consumers.

At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work, benefiting to our People, Customers & Communities and driving business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated

Your key responsibilities

BRIEF EXECUTION

• Represents HNC at the regional TTH morning meetings

• Project management of all HNC Taste regional projects (incl. HNC-Taste resource identification)

• Co-leads the technical development of New Joint Concepts for HNC Taste regionally and the direct support for relevant Key strategic clients and projects

• Engages with Client and Account Manager to initiate project kick-off, project scope, and ensure project timelines are defined to ensure target outcome. Act a project lead for complex briefs

• Develop and present applied demo’s to customer supported by technical rationale and science when relevant

CUSTOMER INTERACTION

• Positions dsm-firmenich as the preferred flavor partner, through market knowledge, brand understanding, winning flavors and technologies.

• Ensures strong storytelling to strengthen the submission and build trust with the client.

• Prepares and delivers client's technical presentations linked to HNC Taste briefs in partnership with corresponding AM

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Is an active sponsor and participates to the regional HNC leadership meetings

• Acts as the Taste expert (technologies, processes and tools) in the HNC region

• Supports the Regional deployment of the Global Client TTH Facing Programs and Tonalities from a Technical perspective across all HNC segments

• 20-30% of time to support application bench work activities linked to customer TASTE briefs and regularly part of daily tasting panels

MANAGEMENT

• Leads the Regional HNC Taste Expertise from a Technical and Business Development perspectives

• Deploys the relevant Taste technologies in line with the global HNC segment strategies and the key segment markets needs

• Liaises with HNC Technical, HNC Regional SAL and TTH Regional Marketing and Business Development teams

• With the regional HNC SAL, assess the results throughout the year (quarterly review of business sales/vitality KPI's) and contribute to highlight the category needs for future strategy reviews and alignments, take corrective actions and share, promote and leverage successes..

We bring

• A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers;

• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset;

• A culture that prioritizes safety and well-being, both physically and mentally;

• The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose;

• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future

• We offer competitive pay, career growth opportunities, and outstanding benefit programs

You bring

• Knowledge of the Food, Food supplement or Pharma industry, Food ingredients and Flavors and good manufacturing practices (GMP)

• Capable of leading formulation development activities in matrix team environment to define robust formulation (including flavors) and manufacturing process per customer’s need.

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years in Food / Flavor Product Development with working knowledge of regulations pertaining to dietary supplement manufacturing. Hand-on experience with tableting, capsules, gummy experience required. Technical education in food formulations or flavors.

• Proactivity and outside of the box thinking.

• Experience in project management, rigorous, with a strong analytical mindset and excellent problem-solving skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate cross-functional communication, autonomous, with strong time management and organizational skills and the ability to take initiative.

dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate: there’s a place for everyone at dsm-firmenich.

As a committed equal opportunity employer, we ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and fair. We encourage the recruitment of a diverse workforce, representative of the communities in which we work, by using inclusive language, diverse interview panels, diversified sourcing strategies. Selection is based on qualifications, competency, experience, performance history and fit with the team to advance fair and equitable opportunity.

Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, backgrounds, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know.

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people.

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