Associate Development Scientist

Symrise; Hodges (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Symrise, a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition and cosmetic ingredients, seeks a Development Scientist to advance new products and optimize current solutions within our stage-gate development process. You will manage customer projects, provide technical support, and collaborate with Sales, Production and Suppliers to scale up processes.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s in food science or chemistry, 1–3 years in R&D in a food-related field, strong communication and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food processing, food sciences and technologies, chemistry, and/or animal nutrition is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 1 to 3 years’ work experience within R&D and/or innovation in a food-related environment is required. Experience in pet food and/or flavor working with meat and/or yeast is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage new product implementation from pilot to industrialization and launch.
• Provide technical support to customers, sales, and suppliers.
• Coordinate scale-up and industrialization of new products.
• Propose and lead actions to improve R&D organization.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Project management

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in food science/chemistry

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

About us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of about €5 billion in the 2025 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

Symrise – always inspiring more…

Your role

Position Summary

The Development Scientist will develop new products and optimize current solutions in accordance with our development procedures and respecting our stage gate process. Follow-up autonomously assigned projects in accordance with Development and Technical Services Manager guidelines and decisions. Make propositions for continuously improving our process, products, and programs. Ensure technical support to all departments. Manage customer projects in direct communication with customers or direct communication with suppliers. Collaborates in the scale-up and industrialization of new processes and new products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

A) PROJECT MANAGEMENT and FORMULATION

• Manage new product implementation from the pilot phase to the Industrialization and all the way to Launch (performance, cost, time, return on investment, process capability, quality control, etc.).
• Responsible for project execution: pilots, coatings and tests planning; project traceability, paperwork management.
• Interpret pal tests, analytical results and make projects synthesis to report to management and share during project reviews.
• Coordinate the scale-up and industrialization of new products.

B) TECHNICAL SUPPORT

• Interact with customers alongside the sales team to provide product recommendation or technical support when requested.
• Interact with suppliers to qualify new ingredients and suppliers.
• Interact with internal customers to provide technical support on production, quality, supply chain challenges.

C) INITIATIVES:

• To propose and lead the actions to improve the R&D organization.
• To report to management about any malfunctioning of the system and take relevant short term corrective action and propose long term options.
• To constantly improve the communication system (paperwork, computers…)
• Follow up in autonomy for own R&D projects and make decisions independently on how to pursue.
• To take on other projects and develop skills in other business area when requested by the Development and Technical Services Manager

About you

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in food processing, food sciences and technologies, chemistry, and/or animal nutrition is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 1 to 3 years’ work experience within R&D and/or innovation in a food‑related environment is required. Experience in pet food and/or in flavor (working with meat and/or yeast) is strongly preferred and will be prioritized.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Industrial environment background (production management, production optimization, process engineering) is a plus.

Our offer

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.