Senior RD&A Technologist - Meat Coatings & Seasonings

Kerry Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Group is seeking a Senior RDA Technologist to be based in Portbury, Bristol. The role leads development of Meat Coatings systems and meat seasonings in collaboration with the Thailand RD&A team.

You will work with customers to develop innovative concepts and renovate existing products. The RD&A team collaborates with a global network of chefs, marketing and sensory experts to deliver products to market within launch timescales, ensuring compliance and driving value through process

Qualifications

• BSc in food science or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in Snack industry.
• Experience in top note development for savoury applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead development on projects initiated by European customers that will be produced in Thailand.
• Develop innovative solutions to help grow customer and Kerry’s market within cost parameters, manufacturing capability whilst ensuring all new products are legal within country of use.
• Create value added products with a point of difference from our competitors continuing to lead in the market through manufacture process and ingredient knowledge.
• Build relationships with key personnel within allocated accounts via visits, presentations and attending trials in customer factory when required.
• Work closely with business development to understand customer requirements and win on briefs.
• Ensures that ingredient functionality will meet customer expectations. Oversees projects from customer or internal brief through to hand over to Thai team for production at factory stage.
• Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation and chemical interactions.

Skills

Snack industry experience

Top note development

Food formulation knowledge

Education

BSc in food science or equivalent

Job description

Kerry Group is seeking a Senior RDA Technologist to be based in Portbury, Bristol. The role leads development of Meat Coatings systems and meat seasonings in collaboration with the Thailand RD&A team.

You will work with customers to develop innovative concepts and renovate existing products. The RD&A team collaborates with a global network of chefs, marketing and sensory experts to deliver products to market within launch timescales, ensuring compliance and driving value through process