Technical Service Technologist (m/w/d)

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Technical Service Technologist to provide expert support in food ingredient solutions. This role involves collaborating with clients to develop innovative applications, conducting laboratory trials, and enhancing customer relationships. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Food Technology or Engineering, with a strong background in R&D and excellent communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company committed to sustainability and innovation in the food sector, where your contributions will shape the future of food solutions.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Health Insurance

Travel Allowance

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Technology or related field is mandatory.
• Experience in R&D or Technical Service required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and manage customer requests.
• Lead application development and collaborate with sales teams.
• Conduct laboratory trials and share knowledge.

Skills

Food Technology

Food Engineering

R&D Experience

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Food Technology

Degree in Food Engineering

Tools

Laboratory Equipment

Pilot Plant Equipment

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Technical Service Technologist (m/w/d), Manchester

col-narrow-left

Client:

Ingredion Germany GmbH

Location:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Reference:

2db5396945f5

Job Views:

13

Posted:

29.04.2025

Expiry Date:

13.06.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

Thank you for your interest in our Technical Service Technologist positions at Ingredion! Currently, we are not actively hiring, but always keen to connect with talented people like yourself. Please complete the application and share your CV. When a position becomes available, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you directly to discuss.

The Senior Technical Service Technologist, Category Dairy and Dairy represents Ingredion and provides technical support including on-site visits, development of new concepts and bringing the latest innovations and products to strategic and partner dairy customers and to all internal sales channels.

The incumbent is responsible for identifying project opportunities at select accounts, developing solutions to address specific needs, working towards successful commercial implementation and strategic customer relationship building.

In addition, the Senior Technical Service Technologist is responsible for collaborating, planning & conducting laboratory trials to identify product innovation and create formulations demonstrating the value of our solutions.

Company Background:

Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature. That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics and beauty, to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next with us.

Core Responsibilities:

• Customer Technical Support – Act as technical liaison for selected accounts, effectively managing request and opportunities. Organize visits to customers and visits from customers at Ingredion Idea Labs (planning trials, meetings and venue). Utilize laboratory and pilot plant equipment to conduct trials and evaluate products to help development and diagnose problems. Review customer processes and formulations to make recommendations in a timely manner meeting customer needs for cost savings, quality improvements, or product innovation.
• Application Development – Lead necessary technical activities to deliver concept developments & associated technical content demonstrating innovative ingredient or food systems functionality in identified sub applications. Proposes own ideas & utilizes customer feedback for new concept development or improvements.
• Business Development – Collaborate closely with Sales representatives and technical team to develop business, update, and execute technical strategies. Build strong relationships at multiple levels within the customers’ organization.
• Knowledge sharing and management – Record and share relevant customer activities and project updates in designated knowledge management tools.
• Values and purpose – Display exemplary participation and leadership in our EHS program as well as Continuous Improvement and Customer Excellence initiatives.

Qualified candidates will have:

Mandatory requirements:

• Degree (Bsc or Msc) or equivalent, in Food Technology or Food Engineering or other relevant discipline
• Experience in a R&D, Technical service or Applications team in specialty food ingredients.
• Excellent applied knowledge of interactions of different food ingredients, ingredient systems and food processing.
• Practical understanding of equipment and technologies to enable laboratory and pilot plants trials.
• Excellent analytical, monitoring, and reporting skills
• English fluency, both written and spoken
• The position will require regular travel to European based customers.
• Advanced knowledge of dairy and dairy alternatives food processes, food ingredient functionality and ingredient interactions is desirable
• Second European language is desirable

Required behaviors and skills:

• Self-motivated, takes initiative and ownership
• Good presenting, questioning, listening and communication skills
• Very good planning and organizing skills
• Business-focused and results-oriented, driven by desire to achieve commercial success
• Curious, creative, and agile
• Enjoys collaborating with others to find differentiated solutions
• Readily helps colleagues by sharing knowledge and expertise
• Reliable, flexible (capable of reorganizing workload on short notice, based on priorities)