Application Technologist - Sweet Goods & Bakery

Seluz Fragrance & Flavor Company; Silivri; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Seluz Fragrance & Flavor Company in Istanbul is seeking an experienced Application Technologist for sweet goods and bakery flavors to join our Food Flavors team. You will develop, test and optimize flavor applications, support customers, and collaborate with Flavorists, Sales, Marketing and R&D to translate briefs into finished-product applications.

The role demands strong hands-on expertise in sweet goods and bakery applications, excellent sensory evaluation skills, and the ability to manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering.
• Master’s degree in Food Science/Technology is a plus.
• Strong specialization in Sweet Goods and Bakery applications.
• Good command of English.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in food applications, product development or technical customer support.
• Senior-level ability to independently manage customer application projects.
• Solid understanding of food ingredients, formulations, processing parameters and their impact on flavor performance.
• Strong sensory evaluation skills with the ability to design and conduct structured tasting sessions, guide panelists, and translate sensory findings into actionable insights.
• Ability to translate a customer brief into a technically successful product application.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with a customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work effectively with Flavorists, commercial teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize flavor applications for sweet goods and bakery products.
• Develop new recipes, reformulate existing ones and maintain the team’s application database across sweet goods and bakery categories.
• Prepare prototypes and finished-product applications for customer presentations, internal evaluations and innovation projects.
• Provide technical application support to customers, understanding their product, process and formulation requirements.
• Work closely with customers on new product development, reformulation and flavor optimization projects.
• Recommend appropriate flavors, dosage levels and application approaches according to the customer's product matrix and manufacturing conditions.
• Troubleshoot flavor performance and application-related challenges.
• Evaluate flavor performance under different food matrices and processing conditions.
• Collaborate closely with Flavorists, Sales, Marketing and R&D teams on customer briefs and innovation projects.
• Support customer visits, technical presentations, workshops and product demonstrations.
• Follow market developments, consumer trends and emerging concepts within sweet goods and bakery.
• Contribute application expertise to the development of new flavor solutions and concepts.

Skills

Sweet Goods & Bakery

English

Project management

Communication

Customer-focused

Flavor applications

Technical troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering

Master’s in Food Science/Technology (plus)

Job description

Seluz Fragrance & Flavor Company in Istanbul is seeking an experienced Application Technologist for sweet goods and bakery flavors to join our Food Flavors team. You will develop, test and optimize flavor applications, support customers, and collaborate with Flavorists, Sales, Marketing and R&D to translate briefs into finished-product applications.

The role demands strong hands-on expertise in sweet goods and bakery applications, excellent sensory evaluation skills, and the ability to manage