RD&A Senior Technologist II

About Kerry

About the role

We are recruiting for a Senior RDA Technologist to be based in Portbury, Bristol.

The position will be responsible for the development of Meat Coatings systems and meat seasonings in conjunction with the Thailand RD&A team.

Working in partnership with customers to develop innovative concepts as well as renovating current products.

The RD&A team collaborates with a global network of chefs, marketing and sensory experts to deliver products to market within launch timescales.

Key responsibilities

• Lead development on projects initiated by European customers that will be produced in Thailand.
• Develop innovative solutions to help grow customer and Kerry’s market within cost parameters, manufacturing capability whilst ensuring all new products are legal within country of use.
• Create value added products with a point of difference from our competitors continuing to lead in the market through manufacture process and ingredient knowledge.
• Build relationships with key personnel within allocated accounts via visits, presentations and attending trials in customer factory when required.
• Work closely with business development to understand customer requirements and win on briefs.
• Ensures that ingredient functionality will meet customer expectations. Oversees projects from customer or internal brief through to hand over to Thai team for production at factory stage.
• Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation and chemical interactions.

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• Provide our customers with the best available products through developing an understanding the market, manufacturing capabilities, ingredient restrictions etc.
• Working in partnership with customers and the Kerry cross functional team to deliver products from concept through to launch, in the time frames agreed with customers.
• Maintain awareness of developments across Kerry, with a focus on Thailand, building these into new developments providing USP’s for customers. Ensure Kerry Taste and Nutrition is at the heart of all concept development.
• Carry out competitor & product awareness analysis – including sensory product evaluations and carrying out own retail reviews as required typically in conjunction with business development.
• Undertake training by visiting Thailand and working closely with the Thai RD&A and regulatory teams.
• Remain fully flexible to meet business requirements. Willing to travel within EMEA for customer visits and to Thailand for training.

Qualifications and skills

• BSc in food science or equivalent
• Extensive experience in Snack industry
• Experience in top note development for savoury applications
• Customer facing experience