Research Scientist - Natural Ingredients

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Our Science & Technology division provides our customers a unique blend of industry-leading taste and delivery solutions which have broadened and reshaped the research discovery portfolio. Following the voice of our customers and consumers, our design and technology development activities focus on innovation. Our multi-disciplinary scientific staff provides our Taste & Wellbeing teams with a powerful platform of people, skill diversity and technologies to accelerate its research and discovery accomplishments. We deliver differentiating technologies for flavor, taste, natural functional and nutritional ingredients, and integrated solutions to our customers, driving long-term and sustainable success!
Reporting to a Research Fellow in our Cincinnati-based science center, you will conduct research in the area of Natural Ingredients using multiple biotechnological/ biochemical / microbiological processes aimed at developing new proprietary ingredients and building a global leadership position in this specific research area. This role is onsite 5 days/week.

• Research: Conduct research in the area of Natural Ingredients to solve major industry problems in the market place with high business potential. Conduct experiments to develop different Natural Ingredients while developing new ideas to develop new ingredients in this area

• Collaboration: Work intimately with Flavorists, application scientists, sensory teams and others for evaluating new ingredients and implement the feedback in the ingredient development process. Support scale-up production and regular lab maintenance

• Discovery: Work on the following Focus areas: Natural ingredient development in every aspect of food flavor, eg, Cheese & Dairy, beverage, savory (food stuff), protein, mouthfeel and the like.

You?

• M.S. in Food Science/ Microbiology (or Ph.D. degree)
• 3+ years of industrial research experience
• Background in Food Microbiology / fermentation and Enzymology is required.
• Research experience in the area of fermentation concerning food application, Dairy, Enzymology, Food Microbiology, protein chemistry, and food chemistry
• Flavor industry experience is not required, but helpful

Benefits include major medical, dental, vision, and a high matching 401k
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.