Senior Scientist, Liquid Dairy

Ingre Search is partnering with a global ingredients business at the forefront of dairy and alternative dairy innovation, working on yogurt solutions across dairy and plant‑based systems
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• Lead yogurt product development initiatives
  , partnering with Marketing, Technical Services, Operations, and customers to deliver differentiated solutions.
• Translate voice of customer and regional market insights into viable technical formulations.
• Formulate and optimise fermented dairy and alternative dairy yogurts in lab and pilot environments, ensuring technical robustness and commercial feasibility.
• Design and execute experiments to assess structure–function relationships
  , supporting formulation and process optimisation.
• Act as the subject matter expert for yogurt applications
  , supporting complex technical challenges and commercialization.
• Evaluate new ingredients, formulation strategies, and processing technologies to enhance functionality and consumer liking.
• Own application project timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate sensory and consumer testing
  , manage sample production, and monitor shelf‑life performance using analytical measurements (pH, viscosity, Brix, solids, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with Sensory, Rheology, and Texture teams for in‑depth evaluation.
• Support scale‑up and commercialization with regional/global teams and customers.

• Degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering, or related field
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• 5+ years of experience developing and commercialising dairy and plant‑based yogurt products
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• Strong expertise in experimental design, process development, troubleshooting, and data analysis
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• Proven ability to take products from concept to commercialization
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• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Please submit your resume if you have the requisite skills as outlined above and are a highly competitive individual with excellent communication skills. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of expected responses we are only able to acknowledge successful applications. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Ingre Search was founded with the belief that an organisation is only as good as it’s people. With an in-depth, specialist knowledge of various sub‑sectors of the Ingredients market, we respect the uniqueness of each and every project and strive to secure the best talent possible by combining detailed market knowledge & insights with a firm understanding of our clients culture, business objectives and needs.

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