Flavors Creation Assistant

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Join Givaudan, a global leader in Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, as a Flavours Creation Assistant. Based in our Dubai Creation Centre, you will work with the Flavours Creation & Application team to support our exciting range of customers across the Middle East.

We are looking to expand our FC&A team in Dubai supporting the Middle East region and looking for a ‘Flavours Creation Assistant’. As a member of our FC&A team, you will work with our Flavourist’s to prepare flavour samples across many categories like Beverages, and Sweet Goods, and take part in flavour evaluations and testing. You will support the creation and application process according to project priorities for customers in the Middle East region.

This is an open contract role with us, working 5 days a week. Your monthly payroll will be processed by a 3rd party partner.

You will be based in our Dubai office and report to the Technical Manager for the region, offering excellent opportunities for both personal and professional development.

In this exciting role, you will

• Prepare flavour samples as requested for customer briefs, applications needs, technology performance assessment, QC standards, and physical testing.
• Be the main contact to provide flavour samples for other labs and functions within Givaudan.
• Maintain all required formula records and brief documentation in the company database software
• Maintain an updated stock of raw materials in the lab.
• Maintain a collection of flavours in the lab for immediate response to briefs and applications requests.
• Help apply flavours to food products when assigned.
• Help evaluate raw materials (including experimental ingredients), new technology, and flavours in food products and provide flavour performance feedback.
• Maintain a clean laboratory environment observing Environment, Health, and Safety guidelines and good laboratory practices in Givaudan.
  
  

You?

Are you someone who wants to shape your world? Who excels being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then join us and impact your world!

Your professional profile includes

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, or Biology.
• 1+ years of relevant work experience in a lab, applications centre, R&D, innovation, or production facility, with a reputed company in the Flavour, Food, Beverage, Chemicals, Medical or Pharmaceutical sectors.
• Have a passion and interest in new flavours, foods, and well-developed tasting skills.
• Good knowledge of lab equipment’s and the handling of raw materials or chemicals used to perform lab functions.
• Good project management skills.
  
  

Our Benefits

• Attractive package
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you
• Private health insurance
• Support for childrens education*
• Annual flight ticket allowance for self and eligible dependents*
• Performance bonus*
  
  

(* As per company policy)

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.

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