Flavor Architect for Plant-Based Foods

NS/TX; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 65 000 - 95 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

NS/TX in Toronto is seeking a talented product developer focused on flavor development to join our fast-growing team. You will apply your hands-on experience in food product development to improve taste, aroma, nutritional quality, appearance and texture of plant-based meat products.

You will lead flavor development with flavor houses and suppliers, design sensory studies, optimize formulations, and translate results into scalable processes.

Qualificações

• BS in a scientific discipline (food science, flavor chemistry, materials science, or related field).
• 5+ years in food product design, including formulation, ingredient functionality and interaction, process design, product scale-up, plant testing and commercialization.
• Demonstrated experience in flavor development or flavor chemistry.
• Experience designing and executing sensory studies and translating sensory feedback into formulation improvements.
• Excitement for working in a fast-paced environment with high energy, creativity, accountability and ownership.
• Understands and thrives in an unstructured startup environment and is able to develop structure and process where required.
• Excellent time management, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a high performance team.

Responsabilidades

• Lead flavor development for plant-based meat products.
• Own relationships with flavor houses and suppliers to develop custom flavors and ingredients.
• Design and run sensory evaluations and descriptive panels to benchmark flavor.
• Improve existing methods and formulations to enhance organoleptic properties (flavor, aroma, texture), nutritional profiles, and cooking performance.
• Design and execute experiments and prepare results for review.
• Apply statistical analysis tools to analyze and interpret data, derive conclusions, and translate them into optimizing flavor and product performance.
• Maintain and operate a broad array of sample preparation and analytical equipment (texture analyzer, colorimeter, GCMS, etc.).
• Support ongoing optimization of existing products and assist in new product scale-up, especially for new processes, ensuring flavor consistency through scale-up testing.
• Assist in defining product specifications and critical parameters that directly link to key attributes like flavor, sensory, and product appearance.

Conhecimentos

Flavor development

Sensory analysis

Time management

Teamwork

Communication

Formação académica

BS in a scientific discipline

Ferramentas

GCMS

Texture analyzer

Colorimeter

Descrição da oferta de emprego

NS/TX in Toronto is seeking a talented product developer focused on flavor development to join our fast-growing team. You will apply your hands-on experience in food product development to improve taste, aroma, nutritional quality, appearance and texture of plant-based meat products.

You will lead flavor development with flavor houses and suppliers, design sensory studies, optimize formulations, and translate results into scalable processes.