Senior Application Specialist

IFF is a global leader in providing solutions for the dairy industry, is seeking a senior application specialist for dairy applications. This position offers opportunity to use existing skills and holds potential for professional and personal development. The aim is to provide technical product and application support to our customers and our sales organization in Africa and participate in development of new solutions. You are a professional with a theoretical background within food science and food technology or food science and chemistry at Master level. The ideal candidate has 5-10 years of experience from working with food ingredients application or development. You will belong to our EAME dairy application group. Focus will be on application and development of primarily hydrocolloids into neutral dairy and fresh dairy products. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide technical support to our customers in close cooperation with our sales organization and your colleagues in the application teams across EAME. You will participate in customer development projects and internal development projects. You will have a competent internal organization to support your execution of the role including expansion of technical know-how and related competencies. Our solution portfolio includes a broad range of solutions including stabilizer/texturizers, emulsifiers, hydrocolloids, flavors, plant proteins, cultures, and enzymes.

Key requirements:

• You are a professional with a theoretical and potentially practical background within food science and chemistry.
• You are a Master graduate or similar and may have 5-10 years of experience within ingredient application into dairy products. Specific experience from working with hydrocolloids will be consider a benefit.
• You like to work independently, but also understand how to function in a large organization and the importance of reaching common business objectives.
• You have experience with trial planning and follow-up.
• You have good communication skills and master English both orally and written and is willing to present in front of a larger audience.
• You are open to travel in the region.
• You like to visit customers, and local travel activity fits your working style.
• A positive attitude combined with curious and creative mindset
• Contributing to maintaining a safe, efficient working environment

Working location will be Cape Town, South Africa. Applications will be evaluated as they come in.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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