Flavour Technologist

Flavour Technologist (Full-time, Permanent)

Onsite- Aylesford, 8:30am-5:00pm 

Unlock your potential with Prinova

We are Prinova, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix manufacturing solutions and trusted by the world’s best-known food, beverage, and nutrition brands.

Part of the NAGASE Group, our expertise lies in Ingredient Distribution, Manufacturing Solutions, and Customized Services. Our global network of colleagues, located in offices and manufacturing facilities around the world, deliver sustainable value-added solutions to our customers. We are recognized for our deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and bold innovation which have earned us a strong reputation as a trusted industry leader.

Wherever your career is headed, you’ll find direction, opportunity, and belonging with us. 

What does an Flavour Technologist role mean at Prinova?

As a flavour technologist, your work will be focused on ready-to-mix supplement beverages. This includes drinks such as protein powders, pre workouts, amino acid drinks and other functional RTM beverages. As the business grows your value will expand into ready to drink functional beverages. Your main role will be to use our extensive flavour library to create delicious tasting functional beverages for our customers, managing submissions and recording feedback to optimise the prototypes within agreed timelines.You will have a curious mindset and take initiative to find creative solutions and continuously learn and develop effective ways of working. Developing a deep understanding of our products and providing technical advice internally and externally.

What’s in it for you?

• Personal growth, including training and development opportunities
• Health Cash Plan
• Subsidised gym membership
• Discretionary bonus
• Access to flexible pay with Aslan

What to expect?

• Work on end-to end development of RTM beverages, from assessing the active ingredients and their interactions to using our internal and external flavours.
• Build relationships with flavour suppliers and industry specialists to gain raw material, legislative and processing knowledge.
• Build relationships with customers to best understand their expectations and final processing steps if applicable. Attend customer meetings to provide and note project updates.
• Maintaining the development lab ingredient and flavour library to ensure materials are readily available.
• Investigate regulatory compliance for ingredients being used in concepts based on the country the product will be marketed in.
• Continuously build expertise on functional ingredients and keep up to date with trending flavour profiles and trending sports and nutritional products in the market.
• Prepare samples for customer submissions and manage sending samples to customers.
• Noting feedback from customers and amending flavour profiles accordingly.
• Update the formulation system with prototype flavour systems for cost indications.
• Hold sign-off sessions with cross functional departments once a flavour profile has been approved.
• Where required, assist in advising quality assurance checks postproduction.
• Where required, attend first production to ensure the manufacturing site fully understands the specification that the product must be produced to.
• Attend trade shows to understand the market and develop customer and supplier relationships.

Does this sound like you?

• BSC in Food Science, Food Chemistry or related field.
• 1-2 years working in beverage development – have confidence in unit conversions and formulating.
• Excellent tastebuds and a talent for creating delicious functional drinks.
• Efficient working method with effective prioritising skills – able to work on multiple projects and meet various timelines.
• Effective communicator of technical information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Creative mindset and passionate about food and drink.

Interested? We would love to hear from you.

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If you have any further questions or would like to see the full job description, please email us for an informal chat careers-europe@prinovaglobal.com