Senior Scientist

4 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa Kerry Full time

**Requisition ID** 46078
**Position Type** FT Permanent
**Recruiter **#LI-RG1
**Posting Type** LI

**About the role**:
The Senior Scientist, Beverages for South Africa will work very closely with Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Application teams, and other key stakeholders to provide the best technical support to our customers. They will need to push existing portfolio, drive the development of new portfolio initiatives, and support sales and marketing effort to win with key customers. They will be required to build strong customer intimacy.
As a senior member of a RD&A team, they shall mentor and provide an adequate level supervision to Application technologists by providing technical leadership and mentoring.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Conducts basic research for the improvement of existing products, and the development of new products, outlining procedures and specifications.
- Ensures that ingredient functionality into final products fits the purpose of the customer.
- Implements industry recognised methods.
- Keeps up to date on best practice requirements, develops methods for analysis and provides insight into consumer trends.
- Responsible for product development from initiation to launch. Confers with product engineers, flavour experts, sales staff, marketing and End Use Market teams, suppliers, manufacturing, customer and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems.
- Fosters relationships with peers at key accounts, building the image of the company as a leader in the field.
- Participates in designated RDA projects.
- Ensures appropriate documentation of experimental trials and outcomes to facilitate scale up and product transfer to manufacturing.
- Ensures good laboratory practices and lab protocols are being met globally.
- Evolves record documentation and methodology into appropriate database.
- Maintains the calibration of laboratory instruments, proper calibration records and laboratory supply stock.
- Documents all research notes in lab books and computer databases, documents key learnings from work.
- Maintains laboratory, including upkeep of equipment, stock of supplies and general cleaning of work areas.
- Actively participates and drives quality improvement of the function.
- Leverage relationships to identify potential new hires and/or resources that may be valuable to the company.
- Attend trade shows, conferences, scientific meetings and short courses as necessary, making credible presentations to educate customers, students and industry contacts.
- Provides coaching and mentoring to a team of scientists.

**Qualifications and skills**:

- Completed Degree in Food Technology, Food Science or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 - 8 years of related experience in a similar position within the Food and Beverage industry, with a minimum of 3 - 5 years specialising in the Beverage industry.
- Computer literate
- Experience in building of Customer-Supplier relationships
- Background in product costing (advantageous)

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