Senior Industrialization and Technical Support Engineer

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

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Your role

INDUSTRIALIZATION
* Ensure new product and new equipment qualifications are in accordance with the R&D program and priorities from management.
* Organize opening and closing reviews with quality, purchasing and industrial.
* Build the development plan, manage milestones and timelines for projects.
* Prepare all documentation for the trial formulation and process flow chart.
* Validate trials with regard to chemical specifications, yields, and palatability.
* Train operators on new processes, recipes as needed.
* Communicate the conclusions and next steps to manager and RD team via trial report and follow up meetings.
* Ensure follow-up after product validation in production (first 10 production batches)
* Dryer expert for R&D be the point of contact for all drier projects (new product launches, drier qualification and efficiency projects)

PRODUCTION RECIPES MANAGEMENT
* Schedule production trials to ensure the project is on time.
* Create Bill of material in ERP
* Validate and update formulas, process charts, work instructions, SOP.
* Modify formulas to ensure business continuity.
* Ensure that formulation/process will be respected.
* Adapt the product & process to industrial constraints.
* Provide support for rework requests and provide rework formula.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT and FORMULATION
* Manage new product implementation from the pilot phase to the Industrialization and all the way to Launch (performance, cost, time, return on investment, process capability, quality control…)
* Responsible for project execution: pilots, coatings and tests planning; project traceability, paperwork management
* Interpret pal tests, analytical results and make projects synthesis to report to management and share during project reviews.
* Coordinate the scale-up and industrialization of new products.
* Take on Portfolio project as needed: be the Local point of contact for Global projects, propose action plan and provide regular updates to the team.
* Can interact with suppliers, outside parties and customers when requested.

INITIATIVES
* To propose and lead the actions to improve the R&D organization.
* To report to management about any malfunctioning into the system and take relevant short term corrective action and propose long term options.
* To constantly improve the communication system (paperwork, computers…)
* Follow up in autonomy for own R&D projects and make decisions independently on how to pursue.
* Manage ITS technician in preparation of and during trials.

• A master's degree in food processing, food sciences and technologies or chemistry is preferred.
• A bachelor's degree in food processing, food sciences and technologies or chemistry is required.
• 5 years' work experience is required.
• Strong communication skills
• Strong project management skills
• Industrial environment background (production management, production optimization, process engineering) is required.

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.