Portfolio Expert

Company Overview

Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’.

The Company achieved sales of CHF
5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide.

• Pro-actively build the local flavour collection by selecting the best flavours leveraging technical information, sensory panelling techniques and commercials insights, in alignment with country commercial strategy.
• Execute daily selection briefs and call customers to get additional relevant technical and brand information.
• Select optimal flavours for projects according to specified requirements (i.e. customer, regulatory, legislation, cost) and build the value proposition.
• Serve as local technical expert and advisor to marketing, sales, flavour creation, and customers for on our existing product portfolio.
• Empower the larger FC&A and commercial teams in selecting flavours from collections.
• Communicate content and updates on collections on a regular basis to technical and commercial teams including tasting.
• Lead evaluations of flavours in food applications for existing portfolio flavours.
• Actively maintain the flavour performance data for the flavour portfolio through evaluation in finished product and capture of profiles and relevant information.
• Support the marketing team in developing external promotions to key customers.
• Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment in accordance with EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines.

• Polytechnic or B.S. in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology and 4 - 6 years experience in a food applications lab, production, or related area
• Masters Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, and 2 - 3 years experience in a food applications lab, production, or related area (preferred)

• Understanding of selected food applications, ingredients, and processes with practical experience in customers’ food manufacturing environment
• Basic understanding of many of the flavour reactions/interactions in common food products
• Basic understanding of Sensory, Consumer Understanding and Brands
• Basic project management skills and the ability to successfully lead flavour selection projects
• Ability to effectively hold technical customer calls Ability to translate market trends into locally relevant collections