About the role

• To support R&D projects through the development process working with the wider R&D Team to ensure delivery of the projects in a timely manner. Responsible for product development from initiation to launch conferring with Senior Scientists / RD&A Managers where appropriate. Interacts with process engineers, flavour experts, sales staff, marketing and End Use Market team, suppliers, manufacturing, customers and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems. 

Key responsibilities

• Understands key commercial requirements of the taste and nutrition industry. Implements industry recognised methods. Keeps up to date on best practice requirements. 
• Conducts sensory testing and application screening to support new solutions. 
• Ensures that ingredient functionality into final products fits the purpose of the customer. 
• Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation and chemical interactions. 
• Interacts and troubleshoots with customers on application concerns. 
• Develops application knowledge within assigned food categories and becomes recognised as a solutions partner by food product developers. Assists customers with technical issues that may arise. 
• Participates in designated RD&A projects. Ensures appropriate documentation of experimental trials and outcomes to facilitate scale up and product transfer to manufacturing. 
• Ensures that good laboratory practices and lab protocols are being met in line with Global. Evolves record documentation and methodology into appropriate database. 
• Maintains laboratory, raw material stock and evaluates new materials for product development. 
• Builds further scientific knowledge through interactions with senior scientists and subject matter experts, literature reviews, regulatory monitoring, and application studies. Sources external literature to guide thinking on specific projects. 
• Establishes strong relationships with selected academic researchers and universities to strengthen the use of application abilities and pilot plant capabilities to strengthen Kerry as an industry leader.  
• Interacts with customers to demonstrate Kerry capabilities.  

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a food manufacturing setup with experience in snack seasoning design.   
• Diploma/ Degree in Food Science/ Technology. 
• Computer literate 
• Excellent communicator 
• Self-starter / enthusiastic 
• Methodical / attention to detail 
• Multitasker