Food Technologist (Sweet)

About Us

Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.

For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.

This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.

Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and formulate application samples based on projects, industrial standard, country requirements and regulation compliance.
• Handle and lead beverage application projects such coffee, tea, dairy, plant-based, carbonated soft drinks, fruit juices, energy drinks, flavored water and alcoholic beverages, ensuring projects are delivered on time.
• Good understanding of heat treatment process for different beverage categories to ensure product safety.
• Handle lab process equipment including UHT, aseptic filler, homogenizer, carbonator, hot water bath, autoclave and high shear mixer.
• Design, prepare and conduct shelf-life testing for beverages.
• Select and evaluate the right flavor solution in compliance with applications requirements.
• Strong sensory skills to evaluate and select appropriate flavors including preparing performance reports of Library.
• Support Flavorist on created/ modified flavor projects and CIMR for Consumer Insight Study.
• Initiate/collaborate with marketing team to propose an interesting application.
• Serve as technical expert and advisor to team and customers.
• Maintain effective communication with team members and clients.
• Actively manage the flavor stock in library for prompt service and dispose safety.
• Manage necessary supplies for laboratories such as packaging material and raw material.
• Operate, Maintain, calibrate and clean laboratory equipment and work area.
• Capable of handling additional tasks assigned from time to time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in R&D or flavor development within the food and beverage industry
• Comfortable working in environments with strong flavor aromas
• Basic knowledge of: Sensory evaluation, Chemistry, Laboratory procedures and methodologies
• Good command of English (minimum TOEIC 650 or equivalent)
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Technical Support)
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks with accuracy and speed in a fast-paced environment