Snack Seasoning Lead - Innovate, Scale & Delight

Symrise AG; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Symrise is a global provider of flavors and fragrances, seeking an experienced seasoning developer to lead and support development activities for a key snack customer in Barcelona, Spain.

You will own the full lifecycle of seasoning solutions from concept creation to industrial production support, ensuring strong technical performance and high customer satisfaction. This hands-on role requires close collaboration with R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Sales, and Supply Chain.

Formación

• Degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry or related field.
• 5-9 years of seasoning, savory, or flavor development experience.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Hands-on experience with manufacturing trials and scale-up.
• Solid knowledge of ingredients, processing technologies, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to translate market trends into relevant product development.
• Experience managing cost optimization, raw material selection, and margin targets.
• Confident in customer-facing situations and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Lead development of seasoning solutions for snack products.
• Create, optimize, and adapt formulations to targets and regulatory needs.
• Ensure application performance in taste, stability, and process behavior.
• Evaluate formulations through lab work, pilot trials, and industrial validation.
• Support scale-up and production trials at internal and customer sites.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement corrective actions.
• Act as a technical contact for customer projects and innovation.
• Collaborate with R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Sales, and Supply Chain.
• Deliver projects on time with full documentation and aligned constraints.
• Ensure safety, hygiene, and environmental standards compliance.

Conocimientos

Seasoning development

Flavor formulation

Industrial production

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Food Science degree

Food Engineering

Chemistry background

Descripción del empleo

Symrise is a global provider of flavors and fragrances, seeking an experienced seasoning developer to lead and support development activities for a key snack customer in Barcelona, Spain.

You will own the full lifecycle of seasoning solutions from concept creation to industrial production support, ensuring strong technical performance and high customer satisfaction. This hands-on role requires close collaboration with R&D, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Sales, and Supply Chain.