Flavorist, Foods - Geneva, IL

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – but we’re also one of the fastest growing flavor houses! As a global leader in Flavor, we use our culinary-inspired heritage and passion for innovation to create flavor solutions for the entire food, beverage, health & nutrition industries. We’re investing in the future of flavor, and we’re winning!

We are looking to hire a full time Flavorist. This position will be located in Geneva, IL. This position will report to a Sr Principal Scientist.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work. Flavor is at the heart of our business, and that’s why we are always looking for passionate people who are just as excited to make a flavorful future as we are. Be part of our dynamic Flavor Crew and help us transform the future of flavor – together!

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share. We are proud to be awarded as a Diversity Inc. Top 50 company for Diversity and have multiple Sustainability awards (ranking #22 in the World and #1 in Food Products)
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness
• Tuition assistance

This role will work in the Food Business Unit. The Flavorist will independently create and evaluate flavors for a variety of applications with the use of proprietary technologies. This role will interface with customers, multiple R&D teams, responding to specific project requests. Additionally, the Flavorist promotes the commercialization of flavors with QA/production and supports on any challenges in the flavor manufacturing plant.

• Leading flavor creation in a variety of products and providing excellent great tasting and cost optimized flavors for Industrial Customers.
• Responsible for creation of sweet and savory flavor systems with key emphasis in savory flavors in all formats: liquid, encapsulation, and reaction flavors to meet the brief requirements.
• Self‑directing on complex projects including planning and leading cross‑functional project teams, defining, and assessing project requirements and designing and managing experiments.
• Close collaboration with the McFONA analytical teams.
• Provide support as an internal expert on projects performed in other groups within McCormick, with outside consultants, and / or with vendors.
• Commercialization of flavors (understanding of processes and operations for product manufacture) and troubleshooting problems.
• Offer Technical Support for formulations to Operation and Quality functions.
• Interface and communicate project status with customers and commercial team.
• Supervise and instruct lower‑level employees.
• Proactively evaluate and assess new ingredients and technologies and work to develop areas that may need improvement.

• BS in Food Science/Technology, Food Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Certified member of the Society of Flavor Chemist & minimum 10 years of active flavor creation work
• Proven track record of commercial success in flavor and flavor application development.
• In‑depth understanding of ingredients and technology involved with flavor formation, application, and stability.
• Expert in raw materials, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations. Working knowledge of AFFCO compliance for pet care flavors a plus.
• Maintains up‑to‑date awareness of literature, influencing project direction and proposing new technology areas to pursue within field.
• Ability to make presentations that cover technical topics, R&D capabilities, etc.
• Ability to manage risk in making critical decisions.
• Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems with incomplete information.
• Supports & embraces change while continuing to improve technical & interpersonal skills.
• Shows awareness of opportunities for improving processes in area(s) of expertise and brings suggestions to appropriate teams. Generates & implements ideas to improve / optimize experimental routes.
• Demonstrates a high level of…