Sr. Product Applications & Development Technologist (Beverages)

Symrise AG; Teterboro (NJ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Symrise AG is seeking a seasoned professional to own end-to-end delivery of customer projects in the beverage space. You will manage scope, timelines, and risks while leading cross-functional teams to meet technical and commercial objectives.

You will develop differentiated beverage prototypes and provide expert guidance from concept to commercialization, translating marketing insights into customer-ready solutions and enabling scaling across multiple beverages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in food science (MS preferred).
• 5–8 years beverage applications or beverage product development experience.
• Deep expertise in multiple beverage areas, plus broad knowledge of ingredients and processing technologies.
• Knowledgeable of HACCP/Food Safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of customer projects, managing scope, timelines, and risks to meet technical and commercial objectives.
• Lead development of differentiated beverage prototypes translating Marketing insights into customer-ready solutions.
• Act as trusted technical partner to customers from concept through commercialization and scale-up.

Skills

Project management

Client collaboration

Beverage development

Formulation

HACCP knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Food Science

MS preferred

Job description

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

Symrise - always inspiring more...

Your role

• A. Own end-to-end delivery of customer projects, managing scope, timelines, and risks to meet technical and commercial objectives. Lead complex programs for strategic and/or large customers and lead customer co-creation sessions.
• B. Take on special tasks and cross-functional initiatives to support BU objectives.
• C. Lead development of differentiated beverage prototypes (e.g., water, coffee, tea, dairy, carbonated, juice, alcoholic, functional) that translate Marketing insights and BU strategy into customer-ready solutions. Develop robust formulas and total beverage systems that balance performance, processing, cost-in-use, and quality. Stay current on ingredients, technologies, and processing to proactively enable new opportunities.
• D. Act as a trusted technical partner to customers, providing expert guidance from concept through commercialization. Resolve complex formulation and scale-up challenges by applying advanced knowledge of flavors, technologies, processing, and ingredient functionality.
• E. Travel to customer sites to support technical presentations, workshops or commercialization activities.
• F. Provide technical coaching, training, and mentoring to elevate team capability, promote best practices, and strengthen overall technical excellence.

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in food science (or related), MS degree preferred.
• Five to Eight years of experience in beverage applications or beverage product development. Experience working through the entire product development & commercialization cycle &/or working for a CPG company is a plus.
• Deep expertise in multiple beverage areas, plus broad knowledge of ingredients and various processing technologies.
• Broad knowledge of beverage finished product manufacturing.
• Knowledgeable of HACCP/Food Safety practices

Proven ability to interpret and translate Customer & Marketing direction into winning Beverage concepts

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.

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.

Pay Transparency Disclosure: The expected annual salary range for this position is USD $96,000.00 - USD $135,000.00. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job‑related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.