SENIOR FLAVOURIST | SAVOURY
DOE
Spain (happy to relocate)
I'm working with a general flavour house seeking a highly skilled Senior Flavourist with expertise in Savoury flavours to join their growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to create market-leading flavour solutions for international clients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Flavour Development: Design and develop innovative sweet, savoury, or beverage flavours across a wide range of applications including, snacks, sauces, seasonings, ready meals.
- Customization: Tailor flavour profiles for client-specific requirements, incorporating regional preferences, market trends, and regulatory needs.
- Innovation: Explore and integrate new ingredients and technologies to drive innovation in the flavour space.
- Project Management: Manage the full flavour development process — from concept through to commercialisation — ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with R&D;, marketing, production, and quality teams to ensure seamless product development.
- Customer Interaction: Directly engage with clients to understand needs, present solutions, and provide technical support.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all flavours meet relevant local and international regulatory standards.
- Mentorship: Support and mentor junior flavourists and technical staff to build internal capabilities.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related field (advanced qualifications are a plus).
- 8-10+ years of experience in the flavour industry, specialising in savoury, flavour creation (French Speaking).
- Strong technical expertise in raw materials, flavour creation processes, and analytical techniques.
- Proven track record of developing unique and commercially successful flavours.
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams and clients.
- High attention to detail with robust documentation and formulation skills.
- Fluent in English;
additional languages such as Spanish are a plus.
Benefits:
- DOE
- Comprehensive health & wellness benefits
- Career development & professional growth opportunities
- Dynamic, innovative working environment
- Flexible working hours & work-life balance initiatives