R &d Application Specialist

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Puratos Zrt. Full time

**DO YOU HAVE THE APPITITE TO GROW YOUR MAGIC?**

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces, and distributes a unique range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Founded in Belgium in 1919, From humble beginnings to worldwide success, join us on our journey and discover our history and heritage.

We’ve evolved from a father-and-son start-up in Belgium, to a global group with more than 9000 employees, 93 innovation centers, and more than 65 manufacturing operations across 81 countries to date. It’s with great pride that we look back on this century of hard work, courage, and innovation. Thank you for making it all possible and let’s continue building the next 100 years of shared success

Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core value our communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

**R&D Application Specialist**

**Position Overview**

The position is based in Johannesburg R&D Department, reporting directly to the _R&D Executive_,

**Mission**

Is to develop business at large bakery key accounts, in close collaboration with business development teams, by deploying high end technical expertise.

Together with the key account team, they manage projects by proposing and implementing innovative solutions on their lines and by troubleshooting issues at large account customers. Together with R&D, they contribute to formulation in new product development.

**Main activities**:

- Implementation of new products and concepts on industrial lines
- participate in the early stages of new developments and the creation of demo concepts
- Understand R-A-P approach required for successful implementation.
- Trouble shooting at customers.
- To ensure existing sales or to develop new business opportunities.
- Capable to associate different Puratos technologies in finished products.

**Business development activities**
- Identify new business opportunities at bakery patisserie large account customers.
- Turn new business opportunities into new products and sales and implement them on the customer’s production lines.
- Detect products at risk.

**Job Minimum Requirements**
- Food Technology /Microbiology/ Food Science/ Biotech Diploma or Degree
- 6 years’ experience in Large Bakery or similar
- Computer literacy: MS Office suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
- Accuracy will be highly required.
- Written comprehension - the ability to read and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Good communication skills - English is a prerequisite.
- Ability to read and write in English and any other language(s)
- Good personality, hardworking, teamwork, service orientated, creative, innovative, trustworthy, open to learn from feedback.

**Required Competencies**
- **Collaborating Effectively**: Ability to think and act as one team in a spirit of trust and respect. Being open to different ideas. Building formal and informal relationship networks.
- **Communicating Effectively**: Developing and delivering communications in diverse modes that generate a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- **Driving Performance**: Showing ambition and going the extra mile in achieving expected results. Driving sustainable operational excellence through diligent planning, prioritization, monitoring & effective use of resources.
- **Improving Continuously**: Being passionate about achieving high quality standards for oneself and the organization. Constantly looking for and taking advantage of improvement opportunities
- **Managing Customer Needs**: Being able and eager to find out what the internal or external customer wants and needs and to act accordingly. Making the life of the customer easier. Fostering a customer centric culture

**_Offer_**
- Puratos provides a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages our people to take initiatives and bring ideas that will contribute to the success of the company. Of course, Puratos offers a competitive package (salary, and market related benefits) but additionally, offers you a position that you can further develop and shape._

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