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International Flavors & Fragrances

Senior Application Scientist

International Flavors & Fragrances, Madison, Wisconsin, us, 53774


Job SummaryThe Senior Application Scientist is a critical role in the Health Applications team supporting new application and formulation development for customer and internal innovation projects. The Senior Application Scientist will independently manage various projects working with existing and new Bioscience ingredients and you are making an impact with customers.

Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesTo succeed in this position, the candidate should be able to perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:

Independently manage technical projects, coordinating with other professionals and drive the new innovation projects from research stage to application.

Implement standards across the projects and communicate the project progress and outcomes.

Ensure good documentation of technical development plan, project risks, compliance, product related documents, etc.

Identify, assess, develop and modify application concepts and/or technologies for new Bioscience ingredients including packaging and excipients selection to address new market needs.

Study the interaction and evaluate the performance of new Bioscience ingredients with existing product portfolio.

Design technical experiments in collaboration with R&D and application teams across global business units.

Assist the organization with environmental and regulatory product issues, product improvements, competitive positioning of existing product offering and New Business Developments into Bioscience.

Work closely with marketing, by providing VOC relative to science, product performance and expectations of product attributes.

Be a technical resource for the new Bioscience ingredients to sales professionals, customers and other internal/external partners, for example, contract manufacturers, quality, regulation and operation.

Job RequirementsMSc with 10+ years, or PhD with 7+ years in Pharmaceutical or Food Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Life Sciences.

Proven track record of accomplishments in dietary supplement or pharmaceutical formulation or product development experience as evidenced by the business impact.

Important Skills

Product development

Application of Methodologies

Analysis, Judgement and Decision making

Technical Knowledge of Products and Applications

Project Management

Written & Oral Communication

Coaching or mentoring skills

Problem Solving & Competent in mathematical and statistical analysis

IP Protection

Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Global travel up to 15%.

Preferred Experience

Previous experience with probiotic powders and/or bioscience actives

Deep understanding of formats and raw material suppliers and grades of materials for dietary supplement and/or pharmaceutical applications

Experience in a Dietary Supplements or Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

Understanding of Dietary Supplements and Pharmaceutical regulatory requirements

Good understanding of packaging materials and analytical methods to assess performance

Practical experience scaling-up processes from lab through commercial scale

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