Senior Application Specialist

Job Summary

Are you passionate about solving customer problems, offering Technical solutions and building deeper business relationships that help drive growth for industry leading Consumer Products customers?

Joining science and creativity, we are an international collective of thinkers who partner with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products the world craves.

If you are skilled at solving complex problems with elegant technical solutions, and have a collaborative approach to exceeding customer expectations, you could be our next Senior Application Specialist.

Your Focus

As a part of our Application Development team, you will work across functions to develop innovative technologies and solutions. The role will provide technical and functional leadership opportunities and will play a key part in supporting our evolving industry and customer base. Ideal candidate will have industry experience, solid foundation in bench-pilot-commercial scale work, good understanding of Bio/chemical engineering fundamentals and data science.

The role is based in Hyderabad, India and will report to the Regional Application Development Leader – Grain Processing.

How You Will Contribute

• This role involves hands on work at bench and pilot scales.
• Design, develop, execute, and contribute innovatively to the development of enzyme-based products and processes across scale, analyze and interpret data using data science cum statistics to make a sound recommendation for specific projects.
• Collaborate closely with the application scientist to advance the solution while creating and maintaining an up-to-date project data, both at lab and pilot scale.
• Objectively support the analysis of customer and project samples using physical, bio/chemical and functional assay.
• Manage the day-to-day lab activities while upholding to the highest standards of Occupational Health and Safety.
• Support the pre-commercial trials to successfully scale-up product mediated process innovations and communicate trial outcomes to all stakeholders.
• Interact with cross functional teams including R&D, sales, marketing, legal, procurement and engineering.
  
  

What You Will Need To Be Successful

• Master`s degree (with 4-6 years of experience) or a PhD degree (with 2 years of experience) in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Technology, Bio Engineering, Agriculture Engineering or a related area.
• Strong knowledge and experience of industrial scale fermentation, preferably in the grain based ethanol manufacturing.
• Experience in executing experiments across scales (Lab-Pilot-Commercial) to assess the performance of enzymes and/or yeast meeting project timelines.
• Experience with analytical techniques relevant to monitoring the biotechnological process (Proximate, HPLC, GC, Biochemical assay, Viscometry, PSD, micro-DSC, Etc).
• Experience in running trials at bench, pilot and commercial scale with minimal supervision, preferably using enzymes and / or Yeast, to assess their performance.
• Proficiency with statistical analysis software such as JMP, SPC, excel, etc., for generating scientific report with objective inferences.
• Demonstrated ability in independently managing day-to-day operations with adherence to Occupational, Health and environmental policies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong team player with the ability to deliver results within tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel upto 30% across ASPAC, including to customer commercial facilities.
  
  

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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