Application Scientist

Job Description:

As an Applications Scientist, your role within the organization is to provide our customers with solutions which offer a direct benefit and gain new business as a result. By collaborating with the commercial team, you will gain an understanding of the specific customer needs and be able to provide a solution which meets their requirements. You will act as a support network for the commercial team as well as aiding the development and validation of Treatt products. You will be someone who keeps up to date with the latest technologies, research and trends and is always willing to share your knowledge and experience with colleagues. You will be a self-starter with a strong initiative and possess good organization skills to manage a busy workload.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide demo support for all sales visits, ensuring that demos are created and dispatched within agreed timescales.
• Accurately compound beverage formulas
• Create complex applications using product portfolio knowledge.
• Assist in the evaluation of flavors in application for briefs/research projects/portfolio evaluation.
• Work with sensory team to conduct sensory testing and participate in taste panels and project evaluations as needed.
• Support internal and external customers with product information and labelling.
• Identify key requirements of a customer brief and work accordingly.
• Work collaboratively with global Applications counterparts.
• Use market trends to feed into projects and departmental initiatives.
• Support Sales Team on customer visits where required.
• Attend company and industry events independently.
• Have a basic understanding of IT systems used within the department to fulfil the role. These include JDE, STARS, SDS viewer, MADs, WERCs, Cascade, TIPPS, SharePoint and Salesforce.
• Carry out basic wet chemistry to analyze prototype samples.
• Follow change control procedures for setting up new items, amending BOMs and specifications and issuing Fast Feasibility documents and subsequent scale up processes.
• Sample a range of ingredients from stock following health & safety procedures.
• Ensure that the working area in the laboratory is maintained in a clean and orderly condition and that any hazard or potential hazard is reported.
• Ensure that HACCP protocols are put into effect in the lab.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the department.
• Work continuously to maximize potential revenue and contribution.
• Carryout daily checks on a rotational basis to ensure the working area is maintained to a high level.
• Write & review Standard Operating Procedures and Risk Assessments.
• Perform such other tasks as are consistent with the general description.
• Act in the best interest of Treatt PLC at all times.

Education & Training:

• Bachelor’s Degree ideally in a food related degree or science.
• Minimum of 1 Year experience in a similar role.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience of handling a range of ingredients used within the F&F and FMCG industry.
• Experience developing new products and implementing new technologies.
• Advantageous to have started to develop a professional profile in the industry.
• In depth understanding of US flavor and beverage regulations
• Intermediate computer skills are essential.

Skills & Abilities:

• Communication – The ability to give and gather information and to actively manage the communication process.
• Customer Focus (Internal and External) – Actively pursue the highest level of customer service.
• Integrity and Ethical Management – The ability to work ethically according to professional and company values.
• Resilience – The ability to be resilient and to achieve through repeated effort.
• Planning and Organizing – The ability to plan, organize and priorities work. Balancing resources, skills, priorities, and timescales to achieve objectives.
• Motivation – The ability to support and encourage individuals and teams so that they give their best.
• Influencing – The ability to influence and persuade others.
• Time Management – The ability to make most effective use of one’s own time and that of others.
• Commercial, Financial and Technological Awareness – The ability to apply understanding of the company and industry to improve effectiveness and profitability.
• Delivering Results – The ability to effectively manage workload and priorities accordingly to deliver results on time. The ability to effectively challenge when results aren’t being achieved.
• Developing Self – The ability to focus on own development and to take action to learn.
• Adaptability/Change Management – The ability to respond and adapt to changing circumstances and to manage, solve problems and provide solutions in a climate of ambiguity.
• Health & Safety – The ability to apply knowledge, training, skills, and experience to ensure tasks are performed in a safe manner.
• Practical Skills – The ability to apply training and knowledge to complete activities where observation and recording results are essential.
• Problem Solving, Thinking and Communication Skills – ability to identify and define problems, generating alternative solutions, evaluating, and selecting the best alternative and implementing the selected solution.
• Personal Attitude and Professional Ethics – The ability follow personal and professional standards of behavior in line with company values.
• Dissemination Skills – The ability to pass on information, knowledge, and opinions to a wider audience.

Environment:

• Exposure to hazardous Chemicals.
• Open Office and lab environment – typical spacious room, desks close together.
• Shop floor exposure, including some time inside and outside production or workshop environments.

Physical Factors:

· Sitting, walking, stooping, crouching, crawling, standing.

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