Beverage Developer

SUMMARY:
A position has opened up for a Beverage Developer in the Winelands area. Experience developing soda, beer, cider, juice, energy drinks and alcoholic drinks essential.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements

• Food Science/Food Technology degree/diploma
• Minimum 4 years experience as a Food Scientist/Technologist
• Proficient on SAP
• Experience in development of soda’s, flavoured high alcoholic beverages, spirit coolers, beers, ciders, Juices (100%, nectar, drinks), energy drinks, including sugar reduction in all the above categories

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of application samples and performing of analytical checks on development samples.
• Selecting and sampling flavours for customer requirements.
• Research of new ingredients.
• Develop formulations, keeping costs and raw material sustainability in mind and liaising with QA, Sourcing and Production departments in this respect.
• Coordinating and keeping record of samples coming in and going out of the laboratory.
• Liaising with suppliers regarding raw material documentation and samples.
• Managing development projects and organising of project information.
• Formulation of new products, line extensions or matches as per brief.
• Sensory evaluation.
• Compiling technical documentation and complete production handover.
• Ensuring Good Laboratory Practice is maintained in the Application Laboratory.
• Ensuring flavour library is organized and up to date.
• Attending factory trials when requested, both in-house and on customer premises.
• Creating and maintaining recipes in SAP.
• Collaborating with Technical Project Manager and Sales on all development projects.

PLEASE NOTE: Thank you for your interest in this position, we will review and be in touch if you are suitable. Due to the amount of applications we receive for each position, we are unable to respond to each one individually. Please accept your application as unsuccessful if you had no feedback within 7 days of applying. Your CV will remain on our database and we will be in touch for other suitable positions.

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