Keva

Space Food Club; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Keva in Mumbai seeks a Senior Executive / Assistant Manager – Application & Evaluation (Sweet Goods) to lead flavor applications and evaluation across chocolates, jellies, gummies, cookies, and cakes. The role requires a strong background in food chemistry and technology with 5–9 years of relevant experience.

You will standardize recipes per FSSAI norms, conduct trials, and compile data related to flavour profiles.

Qualifications

• Strong Food Chemistry and Technology background.
• 5–9 years of relevant experience in sweet goods.
• Knowledge of food laws for confectionary and bakery categories.

Responsibilities

• Apply new flavors in confectionary and bakery applications (chocolates, jellies, gummies, cookies, creams, cakes, bars).
• Conduct shelf life studies as required and rank flavours for acceptability.
• Standardize recipes per FSSAI rules and conduct trials with variable changes.
• Coordinate with IT for software on flavour library and data collection.
• Generate new concepts and perform sensory evaluations of market products.
• Handle technical queries from customers and provide flavour-related insights.

Skills

Sweet Goods application

MS Office

Written & verbal communication

Education

Graduation/Post Graduation in Food Technology

Job description

Company Name

Keva

Job Title

Senior Executive / Assistant Manager – Application & Evaluation (Sweet Goods)

Job Location

Mumbai

Description

• Strong Food Chemistry and Technology background.
• Conduct applications of flavors received from the Flavor creation department.
• Apply new flavors in various confectionary and bakery applications like chocolates, jellies, gummies, cookies, cream filled biscuits, cakes, nutrition and cereal bars etc.
• Conduct shelf life studies in case if required;
• Calculate related technical data and rank flavours; Check overall acceptability of flavours; Proactive application and evaluation of new flavour creation
• Standardize recipes as per FSSAI Rules and limits; Identify gaps for complying with prescribed norms; Conduct trials by changing variables; Check applications of the same after required changes
• Collect data related to profile, Legal status, specific gravity etc; Co-ordinate with IT and provide inputs for software on flavour library
• Collect new products from market from sweet goods category; Conduct sensory evaluation of the same
• Generating new concepts in foods; Search innovative ideas for existing food promotion; present acceptable ideas to evaluation panel; Conduct trials of various combinations of foods.
• Proactively come up with concepts meeting consumer acceptance.
• Ability to handle technical queries put forward by customers.
• Knowledge on food laws for confectionary and bakery / sweet goods category.
• Ingredient knowledge and its interaction in the product.
• Should be good in food and flavour evaluation and suggest improvements.

Key Competencies

• Sound knowledge and hands on experience of Application & Evaluation for Sweet Goods category
• Good Written & Verbal Communication
• Proficient in MS Office

Prerequisites

• Education – Graduation/Post Graduation Food Technology
• Experience – 5 – 9 years of relevant experience