Job Description

We are looking for the
Head of Flavours
for a medium sized flouvor company

• Location Johannesburg area
• you will lead a small tea < 10

our customer is

• a trailblazing developer and manufacturer of flavours and fragrances for a broad range of products - from food and beverages to household and personal care.
• As an industry pioneer in sub-Saharan Africa, we're known far and wide for our excellent service and high-quality products.
• Over the years, we're proud to have helped create and define some of the continent's best-loved brands. This is due to the fact that we don't just understand the science of fragrance and flavour, but the psychology behind it too - which allows us to craft uniquely appealing tastes and scents.

Tasks
Purpose of position:
Team Leading

• To create and develop flavours.
• To provide technical direction and expertise during product development in flavour development and application.
• To lead new flavour concepts and product exploration to expand and enhance the current product range of flavours of the company.
• To coordinate the activities of the department such as application, matching & creation, selection and sampling to support the company's overall goals, strategic direction and client expectations

Roles and responsibilities:

• Lead all department activities, new flavour concepts, systems and processes.
• Develop new flavours according to specifications as per briefs.
• Develop, implement and communicate a strategy for growing the company's flavour business both locally and internationally.
• Assist with regular market evaluation.
• Facilitate formal briefing sessions between the development team and sales teams.
• Provide regular product updates to the sales teams until brief is submitted and receive feedback from the client.
• Ensure samples are provided to clients that meet specifications and TAT expectations as per the brief.
• Invest and explore into new business developments, pro-actives and trends as per communicated market needs.
• Instill creativity, exploration, exploitation, continuous professional development, learning and knowledge sharing principles in staff.
• Grow the company's revenue and market share by expanding its product base, assisting the sales teams to sell more products and extract more value from existing customers.
• Identify and continuously refresh the company's product base.
• Provide technical support to Sales as required to assist in crafting bespoke and competitive lavours.
• Ensure briefing and data management of raw materials, formulations and intellectual property.
• Ensure the flavour department is capacitated and capable to effect efficiency and effectiveness targets of the business.

Requirements
Requirements & Skills:

• BSc degree in Food Science and Flavouris
• Management training
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Customer service oriented.
• Time management skills.
• Reporting skills.
• 10 years' experience in the flavour development industry.
• 5 years' experience in management.

Please apply in English
Please call me for a confidential discussion unter +49 171 644 80 94
GFIC
Geiger Food Ingredients Recruitment & Consulting
GFIC is a boutique recruitment consultancy situated to the south of Munich, founded by Alfred Geiger in 2006
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