Senior Product Developer (m/f/d) Food Colours

Reference ID: 40590

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

Your Role / Tasks

• As part of the research and development department, you are an expert for new product developments in the field of food colouring
• You are responsible for the development and optimisation of processes for the production and formulation of colouring products such as colouring mixtures, colouring emulsions, colouring concentrates in liquid and powder form with the best properties in terms of stability, colouring power and handling
• One of your main tasks is the implementation and management of innovation and customer projects initiated after analysis and evaluation of the raw material market and current technology trends or technical literature research
• You evaluate new colour formulations with regard to their physical, chemical and colouring properties using spectrophotometric and other analytical methods and transfer the results into specification recommendations
• You are responsible for raw material inventories and raw material and semi-finished product portfolio management to reduce and eliminate redundant raw materials and harmonise them globally for a cost effective and value adding raw material portfolio
• You develop application recommendations for the use of different colour formulations in our B2B and customised B2C products
• The cross-plant coordination and communication with areas such as product management, production and quality assurance are an essential part of your task
• You provide technical support in scaling up the processes from laboratory and pilot scale to industrial production

Your Profile

• You have successfully completed your studies in food technology, food chemistry or a comparable field, preferably with a doctorate
• You have several years of professional experience in the field of natural colours or you have a strong interest in moving from an independent research institution to industry
• You are a driving force for innovative raw material solutions and have a proactive and creative attitude in shaping the available scope for development
• You combine a good sense for customer needs and market trends with a high level of analytical and conceptual competence.
• Your colleagues (m/f/d) appreciate your reliable and independent way of working
• Thanks to your open and communicative manner, you quickly succeed in building up a professional and interdepartmental network
• Your working languages are English and German

Your Benefits

• Culture: Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues
• Impact: You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition
• Empowerment: You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities
• Digitalization: We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies
• Anniversary and special payments
• Employee referral bonuses
• Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.)

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal to the attention of Sarah Schneider. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.